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Outliers Gallery
4/15/2025
Dorie Dahlberg
“People I Used to Know”
The older the negatives, the deeper the rabbit hole
Dorie Dahlberg’s models do not look modern. They’ve got that raw, rough-hewn quality that people seemed to have a half century ago. We sense immediately that they’re not going to feel comfortable in the days to come.
Our days, in other words. They lack the neoprene smoothness of twenty-first century subjects. These people have reserves of strength, and a certain unruliness, that doesn’t fit in the era of convenience.
Are these personalities too big to fit in the cramped, airless quarters of our times? Is this the reason that Dahlberg lost track of them? Did they simply not make it past the low-clearance sign on the expressway to 2025?
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