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America's decoration frenzy: graveyard cemeteries, ghosts, guillotines, skeletons in coffins, dismembered body parts, giant spiders and creatures turn up on the front lawns and exteriors of suburban homes in America every year. Families across the country decorate and stage their porches and gardens with horror-themed scenes to celebrate Halloween on October 31st. In 1984, American artist Cameron Jamie started photographing these front exteriors in his old neighborhood in a suburban area of Los Angeles. Even while living full-time in France for the past fifteen years, Jamie continued to…

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4 editions · 2 languages
  • Paperback · English · 2007
    Walker Art Center · 176 pages · 9780935640878
  • Other · English · 2024
    Phaidon Press Limited · 9781838664817
  • Other · German · 2015
    Frey Edition im Verlag der Alltag, Patrick · 144 pages · 9783905929744
  • Other · German · 2013
    Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig · 96 pages · 9783863353735
Art / Individual ArtistIndividual ArtistArtArt & Art InstructionExhibitionsJamie, CameronArt, modern, 21st century, exhibitionsPopular culture, united states