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NUDES NUDES NUDES The reaction to Les Krims’ photography has generally fallen into two categories: outrage or laughter. Or both. That’s no accident. His deeply conceptual images are intentionally crafted to spark those reactions. His work has been described as provocative, misogynistic, revolutionary, racist, absurdist, … Keep readingLes Krims
In 1945, detective novelist Raymond Chandler wrote an essay about the ‘new detective story.’ The stories were considered new because they introduced a new type of protagonist: the hard-boiled detective. In part, Chandler wrote: “…down these mean streets a man must go who is not … Keep readingDaido Moriyama
We’re doing something a tad different this week. Last week we took a look at Alessandra Sanguinetti’s series On the Sixth Day ; this week we’re going to look at the same photographer, but a different series. Sanguinetti photographed The Adventures of Guille and Belinda … Keep readingAlessandra Sanguinetti – Part Two
One problem with writing a series of essays on photographers is the necessary evil of categorization. Is this photographer a portrait artist, is that photographer a street photographer, is this other photographer French because they grew up in France, or Hungarian because they were born … Keep readingAlessandra Sanguinetti – Part One
NUDES NUDES NUDES Australian photographer Vee Speers has said, “I didn’t choose photography, it chose me.” Although that’s clearly artistic blather, it’s still revealing. At the age of ten her father let her borrow his Voigtlander camera, and she developed and printed her own photographs … Keep readingVee Speers
Anne Brigman was to photography what Isadora Duncan was to dance. She was a free spirit long before the phrase “free spirit” became a cliché. She was born in Hawaii, moved to California at age 16, married a sea captain at 25, and built a … Keep readingAnne Brigman
Miroslav Tichý was 22 years — a student of drawing and painting at the Academy of Art in Prague — when the Soviet Union ‘annexed’ Czechoslovakia in 1948. Like many other students, Tichý was very vocal in his opposition to the new regime. The new Soviet … Keep readingMiroslav Tichý
It sounds as if Richard Misrach always had a camera in his hand. At the age of twelve his parents put him in charge of photographing the family vacations–but he was just a kid, so he wasn’t serious about it. Then in high school he … Keep readingRichard Misrach
Ralph Meatyard was one of those WTF photographers. That’s not an actual genre of photography, but perhaps it should be. Images that force the viewer to experience a variety of contradictory emotions, that leave the viewer thrilled, a little bit uncomfortable, confused, and eager to … Keep readingRalph Meatyard
Every few years the world of art photography discovers a new golden child. From 2000 to 2005 the golden child was Ryan McGinley. He was young, he was gay, he was a skateboard thrasher, and he had moderately attractive friends who got high and were … Keep readingRyan McGinley