air in air out: inspiration

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it felt like you were in a Bruce Springsteen song

all images are copyright of Joe Maloney, who said, "“it felt like you were inside a Bruce Springsteen song" on being on the Jersey Shore during the late seventies and early eighties. captured below are carnival rides on the boardwalk, bikini-clad teenagers, and landscapes brimming with saturated hues and glowing lights.

Blue Fence (1980)

Casino (1980)

Girl in Cab (1980)

Reaching (1980)

Stocky (1980)

Sugar Ray Empress Match (1980)

Tall Couple (1980)

Girl With Stuffed Animals (1980)

Two Girls (1980)

Palace Amusements (1980)

where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?

Simon & Garfunkel, Mrs. Robinson

"my childhood was elegant homes, tree-lined streets, the milkman, building backyard forts, droning airplanes, blue skies, picket fences, green grass, cherry trees. middle America as it's supposed to be. but on the cherry tree there's this pitch oozing out - some black, some yellow, and millions of red ants crawling all over it. i discovered that if one looks a little closer at this beautiful world, there are always red ants underneath. because i grew up in a perfect world, other things were a contrast." - David Lynch

i find 60's to 70's suburban life in Middle America deeply fascinating - a time of stars and stripes, apple pie, and clothes hanging to dry in the backyard. but underneath it all: a dark underbelly of poverty, racism, and the feeling that all of this illusion of safety, serenity, and wholesomeness was slipping through one's fingers.