'Gasoline’: The end of oil's innocence

Gasoline is relied upon by most of the world to fuel transit, heat water and power appliances. A universal necessity once thought clear of consequence is now bound up in international politics, environmental dilemmas and economic instability. This resource can be traced back through 10-by-8 newspaper prints to a time when America was discovering the “end of the innocence of oil,” David Campany explained. In his new photo book “Gasoline,” published by MACK, Campany explores gas stations in the post-WWII era through old analogue photographs used in newspapers from 1944 to 1995. Still bearing the grease-pen markings of newspaper art directors, these glossy artifacts portray a raw vision of stories years past that can parallel our current problems: price increases, road congestion and a growing consciousness about pollution.

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