First edition of The Great Wide Open by Catherine DeLattre (2026)
Specifications
- Hardback
- 240 x 240 mm
- 96 pages
- 62 images
- Essay by Cay Sophie Rabinowitz
About the Special edition with Prints
- Each print is in an edition of 20 numbered and stamped copies
- Accompanied by a signed and numbered artist label
- Printedon Hahnemhle Pearl paper
- Print size: approx. 23 x 15cm including white border
Please note that the special edition will go up in price in increments as the edition sells through
About The Great Wide Open
Catherine DeLattres photographic work is characterized by quiet observation, stillness,and what can be described as empathetic neutrality. Alongside her career as a filmstill photographer, she has developed a practice focused on vernacular subjects: barns,vehicles, homes, and roadside elements in rural landscapes. Her images present thesescenes without intervention, inviting viewers to find emotional meaning through attentivelooking and an awareness of time passing.
Originally from Pennsylvania, DeLattre discovered photography while studying archaeology at Kent State University, where a required course led her to pursue the medium moreseriously. She later studied at Purdue University, where she shifted from black-and-whiteto color photography under the influence of figures such as William Eggleston and StephenShore. After teaching in Maine and New York, she moved to New York City in 1979, workingat the International Center of Photography and photographing everyday urban life with asimilarly observational approach.
Today, dividing her time between New York City and rural Pennsylvania, DeLattredocuments landscapes shaped by human presence. Though her work shares the visualrestraint of New Topographics, it departs from its detachment, offering instead a humanist,empathetic engagement with place and a subtle reflection on belonging.
