Nags Head is a beach resort town on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, known for its beaches, history and steeped in tradition. It also has the highest number of public beach accesses. Here below is a collection of color photos that capture the beach life of North Carolina in the 1975.
Joel Sternfeld captured these photographs during the summer of 1975. Joel is a fine art color photographer noted for his large-format documentary pictures of the United States and helping establish color photography as a respected artistic medium.
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There isn’t much difference besides the cars.
Everything’s pretty much the same as now, except shrinkflation has affected gums
“Lace corn bread served by barefoot coeds”
None of the young people are fat except a pregnant woman. My, have times changed.
Joel is a fine art color photographer noted for his large-format documentary pictures of the United States and helping establish color photography as a respected artistic medium.”