Slowly Calling the Burbs Home

Patricia Lahrmer discusses the camaraderie within the suburbs. She describes her evolution from not really being impressed with the notion of moving to the suburbs to not wanting to leave due to the close knit sense of community she found there. She describes it as a rather mundane life, however she expresses a sense of deep liking concerning the simplicity of her environment. She portrays an overwhelming sense of security of which she has grown accustomed to.
Owens, on the other hand, captures the suburbs photographically for its variety of different personalities within this culture. He focuses on the eccentricities of the people who inhabit the suburbs, highlighting their materialism in a very sympathetic manner, capturing middle America in all its glory. Lahrmer and Owens both seem to come to a similar spot in the acceptance of this bazaar and interestingly normal cultural phenomenon.