The melancholy of an empty American diner – in pictures
▻https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2022/sep/17/the-melancholy-of-an-empty-american-diner-in-pictures
From Edward Hopper via David Lynch to The Sopranos, the diner is a much-mythologised fixture of American culture. Canadian photographer #Leah_Frances, now based in Pennsylvania, was struck by the nostalgia evoked by these places. When many diners were left deserted after the pandemic, she started to photograph the empty booths and counters.
“We’re no longer gathering in the way we once did,” she says. “America is a polarised nation. Highlighting the emptiness at a table, in a quintessentially American space, can serve as a metaphor for the current divisions among the people in this country.”
photo Leah Frances
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