Richard Estes, The Candy Store, 1961
Think about different places.

 With their luminous precision and finely rendered detail, Richard Estes’s paintings can be mistaken for photographs. Estes often shoots five or six rolls of film in preparation for a single painting, enlarging details and combining elements from several photographs as source material. He then works from these photographs to create his paintings.

Look closely at The Candy Store. What kind of details does Estes include in his painting? What does he leave out? Does this remind your students of any place in their neighborhood? Why or why not?

Compare The Candy Store to Edward Hopper’s painting Early Sunday Morning. How are the two paintings similar? How are they different?