Intermodal Sunset, c. 1978
Cibachrome print
Print size: 27 × 40 ½ in.
Framed size: 35 × 48 in.
Signed, titled, and dated on label verso
Unique in this size
April 6, 2026
The camera has its own way of seeing, and the color sensibility here is straight out of film photography. This picture was made not long after William Eggleston's landmark show at MoMA in 1976, and his use of Kodachrome color was changing the way people looked at art photography. No doubt I was struck by the rich and fleeting intersection of natural and human-made color which made this lonesome way station look like it could be on another planet. The word INTERMODAL on the truck also seemed otherworldly.
This photograph was made at a formative time in life. I'd been working as the Associate Director at LIGHT Gallery for a number of years, while also teaching, and pursuing my own photography at the same time. Looking back, those years were a crossroads of sorts, and it wasn't long after that I made the decision to start my own photo advisory, a decision that set me down the path of founding Laurence Miller Gallery in 1984. I continue making pictures to this day, while operating as a private dealer.
Laurence Miller, April 2026
