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by Don Hamerman

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Artist Statement

Much like the baseballs at which I've pointed my camera in the past, these old matchbox toys occupy the category of humble, overlooked objects imbued with memories, beauty and a dash of childhood innocence. They were unearthed not from old ball fields, not from my personal collection (I owned none) but instead from the world's virtual junk drawer: eBay. Encountered as finished prints, it's hard to believe that the vehicles themselves are tiny, about two to three inches long; at larger sizes they become monumental, iconic, even majestic in their battered state. "Back in the day," batteries weren't required for amusement, just a sandbox and a fertile imagination.

Details

+ Limited-edition, exclusive to 20x200
+ Museum quality: archival inks, 100% cotton rag paper unless noted
+ Signed + numbered certificate of authenticity included
+ Directly supports the artist
+ Handcrafted custom-framing is available

Our quoted dimensions are for the size of paper containing the images, not the printed image itself. We do not alter the aspect ratio, nor do we crop or resize the artists’ originals. All of our prints have a minimum border of .5 inches to allow for framing.

Medium:

Innova Fibraprint Warm Cotton Gloss

Edition Structure:
10"x8" | edition of 100 
14"x11" | edition of 500
20"x16" | edition of 50
40"x30" | edition of 10

Don Hamerman

Don Hamerman was born in New York City sometime last mid-century, and now works out of his studio in Connecticut. His baseball photographs are in numerous private and corporate collections, as well as The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and have been featured on many (many many) websites including Time Magazine’s “Lightbox,” NPR’s “Picture Show,” and DesignObserver.com where they made their “debut." His other work’s been published widely—on book covers, in magazines such as Communication Arts and New York Magazine, Fortune, Elle, ESPN the Magazine, the Japanese edition of Architectural Digest, Smithsonian Magazine, newspapers from the Wall Street Journal to... Read More
The Telegraph of London, numerous annual reports and institutional publications. When Don’s not making images of baseballs—or matchbox cars—he works as a commercial photographer.
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