'Water for the People' by Paul D’amato

Depictions of the democratic liquid

Paul D’amato says he learned more about photography from hitch-hiking and train-hopping across the country between each term at Reed University than he did from his actual MFA. The influence of these miles is clear in his work. The photographic eye is inevitably trained over all that space, and D’amato’s work certainly captures those pleasures in life w…