I have been looking at, and drawing inspiration from, the work of Eric Tabuchi for a few months. To me, he appears to be the contemporary Ed Ruscha, photographing sets of abandoned gas stations and other such things along the road side. Working primarily in Europe, Tabuchi's work still has an element of the 'Great American Iconography' but is distinctly European in feel too, which is more relevant to me.
Tabuchi's vast collections of images are a marvel, and I feel that this concept is something that I would very much like to bring into my work. The large chequered road signs I have come across are one example, and I am beginning to build up collections of many different things also.
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