Presentation by art exhibitor, Mark Chester!

Cape Cod-based ASMP Life Member Mark Chester has just completed his latest book, Roadshow Anthropology. This presentation will be about this latest book. The collection of 251 engaging black-and-white photographs captures America from the driver’s seat. Offering fresh perspectives on the United States’ iconic highways, byways, back roads, and small-town main streets, Mark Chester puts America’s unique spirit of innovation on full display. With humor and pathos, Roadshow Anthropology explores high and low culture and the worlds of commerce, architecture, design, advertising, and fashion. As a social commentator and a connoisseur of Americana, Chester pays homage to a range of influences, including the work of photojournalist Lee Friedlander. 

About the Author

Raised in Springfield, MA, Mark is a Cape Cod–based photographer and journalist. His work is in permanent museum collections nationwide. His previous books include Dateline America, a collaboration with Charles Kuralt, and a mirthful collection of photographs called Twosomes. From 2015-2020, a traveling exhibit of Mark’s photographs, The Bay State: A Multicultural Landscape, toured the Commonwealth.