Wayne Sorce’s Cityscapes Captured NYC And Chicago In Gorgeous Color

1984. Dave’s Restaurant, New York. IMAGE: WAYNE SORCE/JOSEPH BELLOWS GALLERY

Born in Chicago in 1946, Wayne Sorce studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and went on to have a distinguished career in photography.

In the 1970s and ‘80s, Sorce explored the urban landscapes of New York and Chicago with his large format camera, making precisely balanced compositions of color, geometry, and light that also recorded the era’s particular styles of signage, advertising, and automobile design.

Wayne Sorce: Urban Color, an exhibit of cityscapes by Sorce and his contemporaries, is on display at Joseph Bellows Gallery in La Jolla, California through Nov. 30.

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1984. Varick Street, New York. IMAGE: WAYNE SORCE/JOSEPH BELLOWS GALLERY

1978. Halsted Street, Chicago. IMAGE: WAYNE SORCE/JOSEPH BELLOWS GALLERY

1977. East Chicago. IMAGE: WAYNE SORCE/JOSEPH BELLOWS GALLERY

1985. Barbers, New York. IMAGE: WAYNE SORCE/JOSEPH BELLOWS GALLERY

1977. Fort Dearborn Coffee, Chicago. IMAGE: WAYNE SORCE/JOSEPH BELLOWS GALLERY

1984. Bee Gee’s, New York. IMAGE: WAYNE SORCE/JOSEPH BELLOWS GALLERY

c. 1970s. Greyhound Station. IMAGE: WAYNE SORCE/JOSEPH BELLOWS GALLERY

1988. No Left, Vinegar Hill. IMAGE: WAYNE SORCE/JOSEPH BELLOWS GALLERY

1985. Vinegar Hill, New York. IMAGE: WAYNE SORCE/JOSEPH BELLOWS GALLERY

1975. Spiral Fire Escape, Chicago. IMAGE: WAYNE SORCE/JOSEPH BELLOWS GALLERY

1985. Vinegar Hill, New York. IMAGE: WAYNE SORCE/JOSEPH BELLOWS GALLERY

1978. Under the El, Chicago. IMAGE: WAYNE SORCE/JOSEPH BELLOWS GALLERY

1984. L.B. Oil, New York. IMAGE: WAYNE SORCE/JOSEPH BELLOWS GALLERY

1984. Chock Full o’ Nuts, New York. IMAGE: WAYNE SORCE/JOSEPH BELLOWS GALLERY

1986. Blankets, New York. IMAGE: WAYNE SORCE/JOSEPH BELLOWS GALLERY

1978. El Platform, Chicago. IMAGE: WAYNE SORCE/JOSEPH BELLOWS GALLERY