The works in this exhibition all depict different aspects of consumerism, namely the artificial monetary values placed on certain images and the appropriation of those images to promote other products as well as the use of sex, glamour, celebrity, and aristocracy as selling agents. "Commodity Image," eleventh in the "New Directions" series, begun in 1985, explores critical and aesthetic issues in contemporary American photography.
Ansel Adams, Dennis Adams, Steve Ahlgren, Vikky Alexander, Tina Barney, Alan Belcher, Michael Bishop, Ellen Brooks, Nancy Burson, , Andrew Bush, Sarah Charlesworhth, Morya Dacey, Lee Friedlander, Richard Hawkins, Silvia Kolbowski, Barbara Kruger, Louise Lawler, Fred Lonidier, Frank Majore, Steven Meisel, Peter Nagy, Barbara Norfleet, John Pfhal, Jean Pigozzi, Richard Prince, David, Robbins, Sebastiao Salgado, Victor Schrager, Cindy Sherman, Laurie Simmons, Jim Stone, Mitchell Syrop, Oliviero Toscani, Shonna Valeska, Joanne Verburg, Bruce Weber, Jeff Weiss.