The photographs inThese Americansdepict the wealthy at leisure with their guard down.
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The people we see in Will VogtsThese Americansare more than affluent.
They are the old Eastern aristocracy, ofF.R.
(He later moved to Texas, and many of the pictures inThese Americanswere made there.)
My biggest complaint was people would say, Goddamn, you take all these pictures.
When do I get to see em?
The selection runs through 1996, falling heavily on the 1980s, and the unself-consciousness on view is astounding.
Especially in the earlier photos, the old preppies are always smoking, of course.
There are no famous faces on view save one George H.W.
Bush, who pops up briefly in a sport shirt.
It didnt hurt that he usually worked with nothing more than a modest point-and-shoot camera.
These days, the world of dynastic wealth while still extant is both diminished and changed.
Well, I think a little bit of both, he says.
I was influenced by my mother, and she took pictures in the 50s and 60s.
I mean, she wasnt a photographer she was, you know, a housewife that took pictures.
Thats what people did.
And more importantly, she put em in albums.
We thought about it, and we really want the pictures to speak for themselves, Vogt says.
We kind of like the mystery.
He was averyinteresting family friend who was very wayward, a professional inheritor who wasnt any good at it.
Married a couple of times, but had no children.
And he died way too young, because he didnt take care of himself.
He was, you know, kind of our class clown, on the tip of everybodys tongue.
So this book is somewhat dedicated to him, kind of.
