Jun 22 2007
wendy’s USA archetype
I confess to be in search of an image that somehow captures my archetype, stereotype, of the US. The unexported America, not the internationally spread coffee houses, fast food chains, cans and bottles of soft drinks. The image must capture something of what is and something of aspirational. I doubt my photographic skills will adequately capture and convey this image, if it exists. Here is a placeholder that caught part of the my archetype.
It captures the styling of the classic red pick-up truck and the white picket fence. I rarely saw them in the UK where box hedges appear to be the territory border marker of choice.
The overhead lines, on tilted poles, are seemingly ubiquious. What’s missing from this picture?
- boys in baseball caps and khaki cargo pants
- manicured, pedicured, pony-tailed girls chewing gum and announcing ‘like, a whole bunch of, like, is all’.
- much loved tractor
- healthy perky dog
What would your photograph include?
wendy’s USA archetype
I was doing some research on Wendy from Peter Pan and came across the notion of a Wendy House, which is the house the Lost Boys built for Wendy to heal in after she was blasted out of the sky by Hook. Does your website title come from that? Either way, how fun.