Wimpy World

Photographs by Wimpy

Originally published in 2020, Critter’s Wimpy World is a contemporary classic — a luminous collection of Wimpy’s mid- to late-life touristic snapshots from the nineteen-sixties and -seventies. Wimpy World provides a rich depiction of archaic fashions, and delivers an extraordinary dialogue of thematic echoes and visual rhymes.

In 2022, Wimpy World will be among the featured titles on Inférieur, and a selection of unpublished images from this body of work will be part of Wimpy World (wimpyworld.com), a joint web-site with the poet Jonathan Tree.

Wimpy (born in Rochelle Park, New Jersey, 1913; died in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 2014) moved to North Carolina in 1931 to attend Duke University. He would become a successful businessman, a long-time subscriber of National Geographic, and an enthusiastic traveler. In 1979, a year after his retirement, Wimpy embarked on an unforgettable “Round the World” trip with his wife Elsie and a group of their friends.

Critter is a graphic designer, photographer, writer, editor, and the executive director of Inférieur. He is also the founder of Things Change Over Time, an independent publishing company based in North Carolina. It was from Wimpy that Critter received his first camera.

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  1. 1979 – Round The World – 1 – New York To London To Istanbul Turkey – 12
  2. 1979 – Round The World – 11 – Jaipur India Elephant Ride – 72
  3. 1979 – Round The World – 4 – Jerusalem – 5
  4. 1979 – Round The World – 15 – Bangkok To Jakarta And Bali On The SS Prinsindam – 49
  5. 1979 – Round The World – 8 – Luxor Karnak Temple Cairo Sphinx Pyramids – 56
  6. 1979 – Round The World – 5 – Jerusalem To Aman Jordan And Jerash – Part 1 – 53
  7. 1979 – Round The World – 17 – To Tokyo Japan Then On Bullet Train To Hakone – 42
  8. 1979 – Round The World – 9 – Cairo Pyramids And Then Bombay India – 5
  9. 1979 – Round The World – 13 – India Varanasi Benares Burial Ghats River Trip Nepal Kathmandu – 33
  10. 1979 – Round The World – 7 – Jordan Petra Egypt Cairo Abu Simbel Aswan Luxor – 62
  11. 1979 – Round The World – 14 – Nepal Bangkok Golden Temple River Trip Palace – 43
  12. 1979 – Round The World – 16 – Java Surabaja Singapore Hong Kong – 77
  13. 1979 – Round The World – 5 – Jerusalem To Aman Jordan And Jerash – Part 1 – 57
  14. 1979 – Round The World – 12 – India Jaipur Elephant Ride Agra Taj Mahal – 51
  15. 1979 – Round The World – 2 – Turkey Istanbul Israel Jerusalem – 63
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