Still frame
Young Trucker
At first, this young trucker from North Dakota avoids your gaze. Sitting silently in front of Susie J. Lee’s camera for up to 30 minutes, the subject finally locks eyes with you and a laugh spreads across their face. Lee’s video portrait offers them in all their human physicality, leaving you feeling like this is someone you now know. To me, this is a gifted moment of shared humanity and empathy.
ArtistSusie J. Lee, born 1972
Date2013
MediumHigh-definition video portrait
Dimensions1 minute, 18 seconds
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas
ClassificationTime-Based Media
On ViewNo