2024 12 06

Empty table. Chicago, Illinois. July, 2024. © Clayton Hauck

“All department stores will become museums, and all museums will become department stores” -Warhol

This amazing quote was revealed to me during a great podcast episode with photographer Christian Patterson and host Sasha Wolf. Christian mentioned it in referece to his new photobook project Gong Co, in which he documented a rural, ailing store over the course of many years. I loved hearing about the project and how he originally discovered this store by chance while driving from Memphis to New Orleans. It reminded me of some of the places I’ve stumbled upon on my brief stints in rural Illinois this year.

Excited to see this book once it hits my doorstep, as I just ordered it from BPS. Anyway, back to work… setting up a market in my photo studio (lol).

-Clayton