It’s fitting that photographer Mark Steinmetz’s new show is called Summertime, because the ambiences he captures resplend with the sunny glow of halcyon memories. He excels in photographing young people in their natural habitats: hanging out at swimming holes (as in Portland, Connecticut), sitting on porch swings (Momence, Illinois), making out with their girlfriends and boyfriends while sitting on the hoods of cars (Derby, Connecticut), and checkin’ out the chicks while riding shirtless on their motorcycles (Revere, Massachusetts). Steinmetz is a loving chronicler of white trash and the middle class, and these photographs, which date mostly from the 1980s, feature plenty of feathered hair, baggy T-shirts, and beater cars. The pictures are time capsules, yet still feel timeless. June 20-July 28.
Where: Charles A. Hartman
Phone: 287-3886
Address: 134 NW 8th Ave.
Where: Charles A. Hartman
Phone: 287-3886
Address: 134 NW 8th Ave.
