Safety demonstration of home imporovement blasting kit, Hayward, California

Artist Greg MacGregor (born 1941 La Crosse, Wisconsin; lives Santa Fe, New Mexico)

Datenegative 1981, printed 2022

Mediumarchival pigment print on paper, ed. 1/5

Dimensions22 × 17 in. (55.9 × 43.2 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of the artist

Object numberPC2023.14.5.2

DescriptionA black and white photograph with four sections. A man in a suit, hat, and tie stands in front of a house. A barbeque grill sits to the left, plants and empty pots fill the right. The man stands on the edge of the concrete patio and a lawn as two tall palm trees tower over the house. The man holds a detonator that disappears in a small dirt cloud caused by a recent explosion.

A black and white photograph; the second in a series of four. A cloud of dust and smoke rises from an explosion and spreads in all directions. Barely visible behind the cloud is the outline of a house. At the center of the photograph, behind the cloud, two legs are visible but obscured. Dirt and rocks litter the sky.

A black and white photograph; the third in a series of four. A cloud of dirt and smoke raises from a suburban backyard likely the result of a recent explosion. The edges or a roof are barely visible on either side of the cloud. A hat has been propelled into the air by the force of the explosion. Two tall palm trees are visible towering over the house.

A black and white photograph; the fourth in a series of four. A very ruffled man stands in a hazy backyard. Smoke from an explosion surrounds the man, obscuring the house in the background and completely erasing the man’s feet. He stands with his hands at his side, wearing a dusty suit as he looks across the lawn at his upturned hat on the ground. Two tall palm trees are visible towering over the house.

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