Bruce Wrighton

Bruce Wrighton (born July 6, 1950 – October 3, 1988) was an American photographer who made work in and around Binghamton, New York. Since 2010, two monographs have been published by the Berlin-based publishing house Only Photography – Roland Angst. His work is held in the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.

Life and work Wrighton was born in Binghamton, New York (source?). He worked as a photographer from 1986 to 1988 with an 8×10 view camera in and near to his hometown. The third collection of photographs of St. George and the Dragon shows the motifs found in Binghamton and its surroundings, such as churches, pubs or apartments.

Wrighton died in 1988, aged 38.

Publications Bruce Wrighton, At Home. Only Photography – Roland Angst. Berlin, 2010. . At Home Reloaded. Only Photography. Berlin, 2015. .

Exhibitions Solo exhibitions Bruce Wrighton. At Home, Galerie Robert Morat, Hamburg, Germany, 2011/12 Bruce Wrighton. Downtown Men, Laurence Miller Gallery, New York City, 2014

Group exhibitions Modern Times: Photography in the 20th Century, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 2014/15

Collections Wrighton's work is held in the following permanent collection: J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA: 8 prints (as of 14 September 2022)