Albers, Kate Palmer. "Joel Sternfeld's Empty Places | Environmental History | Oxford Academic." OUP Academic. Oxford University Press, 13 Jan. 2015. Web. (-- removed HTML --) .

In this article, Kate Palmer Albers describes the types of photographs that Joel Sternfeld takes, and how he began taking these types of photos. Alders specifically describes the following photos: “Heart Mountain Relocation Center,” “Morton Thiokol Rocket Testing Facility,” and “518 101st Love Canal Neighborhood”. For each of these photograph’s Alders informs us of the techniques that Sternfeld uses, and what actually happened in those spots. Unlike the “Haunting Grounds” article, Alders describes the techniques and how they ultimately connect to the events that …show more content…
"Joel Sternfeld: A Modern Master's First Pictures." Time. Time, 12 Oct. 2011. Web. 01 Nov. 2017. (-- removed HTML --) .

In this article, Phil Bicker discusses how Sternfeld got his start in photography. He puts emphasis his first photography book and how he went about creating it. He describes how these images “… subtly documented underlying socioeconomic issues with irony and humor.”(Bicker) The author also explains how many of Sternfeld’s images are some of the most important of this time period, because Sternfeld was able capture both the beauty and the tragedy of the American experience. Bicker goes on to discuss the aesthetic of Sternfeld’s photographs.
While some images are indicative of Sternfeld’s trademark style —a pastel color palette, compositions that place seemingly insignificant objects in the landscape to reflect a sometimes ironic, cynical or tragic situation, and a socially conscious eye—other photographs seem to relate more formally to the work of other color photographers such as William Eggleston or Helen Levitt. (Bicker)
Sternfeld’s photos use both color pallet and object placement to show different types of situations. Ultimately, Bicker thinks that Sternfeld’s images and his overall aesthetic does well to show off different types of