John Margolies
John Samuel Margolies (May 16, 1940 – May 26, 2016) was an architectural critic, photographer, and author who was noted for celebrating
vernacular and
novelty architecture in the United States, particularly those designed as
roadside attractions. Starting from the mid-1970s, he began to photograph sites during long
road trips, since he was concerned these sites would be displaced by the growing
modernist trend. He was credited with shaping
postmodern architecture and recognizing buildings that would be added to the
National Register of Historic Places through his documentary work. Starting in 2007, the
Library of Congress began to acquire his photographs, and created the public domain John Margolies Roadside America Photograph Archive in 2016, consisting of 11,710 scans of color slides taken by Margolies.
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