Made in the USA, Jackson, Wyoming, 2008 by Phil Douglis

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11-OCT-2008

Made in the USA, Jackson, Wyoming, 2008

The classic western boot is an American icon and a hot seller in Jackson. I zoom in on this rack of boots, enabling me to stress the flag label peeking out at us. Both the flag and boots are idealized symbols of what the Jackson area and the American west as a whole are supposed to represent, yet when presented in this purely commercial context, we see them for what they really are: patriotic and nostalgic merchandising.

Leica V-Lux 1
1/10s f/3.6 at 49.2mm iso100 hide exif

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Phil Douglis		20-Oct-2008 18:20
There is a touch of whimsy here, Mo -- many abstracted boots and no people to wear them is an amusing subject itself. But it is the confluence of the old west and the American flag that drew my attention to it.

monique jansen		20-Oct-2008 15:14
Very humorous

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