Demolition Derby
by Catherine Sherman
Title
Demolition Derby
Artist
Catherine Sherman
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
"Demolition Derby at the County Fair" painterly, by Catherine Sherman.
Two cars compete in a Demolition Derby at a Midwestern county fair in front of an enthusiastic crowd.
While rules vary from event to event, the typical demolition derby event consists of five or more drivers competing by deliberately ramming their vehicles into one another. The last driver whose vehicle is still operational is awarded the victory. In Europe, this type of event is called banger racing.
Originating in the United States, demolition derbies were first held at various fairs, race tracks, and speedways in the 1950s. There are unconfirmed reports of events occurring as far back as the 1930s using worn out Ford Model T's. In 1896, two steam locomotives were collided before 40,000 spectators as a publicity stunt for the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad.
The sport's popularity grew throughout the 1960s, becoming a standard of county fairs in rural areas. The rise in popularity of monster truck competitions, beginning in the 1980s is sometimes cited as coming at the expense of demolition derby popularity.
Featured in "Starving Artist Photographers" group (01/25/2016) "Artwork Manipulated Digitally" group (02/15/2016); "Philanthropic Artists for a Cause" group (02/16/2016); "Roadside" group (05/28/2021)
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April 12th, 2015
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Comments (1)
Bruce Bennett
Norman Rockwell's Americana with more stories and fewer brushmarks, all in one frame. So much of your work makes a simple, gentle statement that Life is Good. They have a serinity like a summer memory. Thank you for not digitally strangling the picture out of portrait. You have gently "tuned" your images so they can clearly tell their stories without someone "putting words in their mouth."
Catherine Sherman replied:
Thank you, Bruce! This is one of my favorites. It's showing in a gallery right now. Every time I look at this photo I can find something and someone new. "Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still." Dorothea Lange.
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