CLAY, Langdon

"In ten years or one hundred years, through photographs we’ll see what was here. It is too much hubris to say that this was what life was like, but it’s not too much to say this was what life looked like.! (Langdon CLAY)

About US-American photographer Langdon CLAY (b.1949, in New York, Manhattan)

From Manhattan to Mississippi, his photography records the narrative of a time and place. Langdon CLAY attended high school in New Hampshire and moved in 1971 to New York City, where he would pioneer fine art color photography with his collection' Cars. New York City, 1974-1976'. He continued to photograph for the following sixteen years in New York, throughout the US, and in Europe for various magazines and books. In 1987, he moved to Mississippi where he has since worked and lived with his wife, photographer Maude SCHUYLER CLAY. His perspective on the South combines the eye of the native with the eye of the outsider.

Photo books by Langdon CLAY (a selection)

  • 'Cars, New York City 1974-1976' (2016); '42nd Street, 1979' (2022)
CLAY, Langdon - CARS. New York City. 1974-1976
CLAY, Langdon - CARS. New York City. 1974-1976
The images in the book 'CARS. New York City. 1974-1976' by Langdon CLAY feature a distinct array of makes and models set against the gritty details of their surrounding urban and architectural environments, and occasionally the ghostly presence of people.
85,00 € * Weight 1.6 kg
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CLAY, Langdon - 42nd Street, 1979
CLAY, Langdon - 42nd Street, 1979
The photo book '42nd Street, 1979' by Langdon CLAY contains photos of a typical strip of 42nd Street near New York's Times Square, showing its gloomy neon charm. The US photographer recalls the gloomy & dusty atmosphere of New York City in the late 1970s.
75,00 € *
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