NUDES NUDES NUDES A week ago, on 6 May 2007, approximately eighteen thousand men and women of various ages showed up in the Zócalo, Mexico City’s principal square, just before dawn. At a signal, they took off all their clothes. Another signal, they all saluted. … Keep readingSpencer Tunick
The name of Jock Sturges will always be interlinked with accusations of child pornography. It’s impossible to discuss his photographic career without making mention of the 1990 FBI raid on his studio and the resulting criminal charge of child pornography, or without the 1998 child … Keep readingJock Sturges
What do you get when you cross a dissatisfied urban planner and a fine arts photographer? What you get is David Allee. Allee earned a BA in Government and Economics from Cornell University in 1991, and went to work as an urban and environmental planner. … Keep readingDavid S. Allee
Jeff Wall is best known for his large scale directorial photographs. Large scale directorial photographs? What the hell does that mean? In essence, it means Wall uses an 8×10 view camera to take staged photographs of events in such a way that they resemble a … Keep readingJeff Wall
Edward Burtynsky has been called the Ansel Adams of the ruined landscape. He creates large, stunningly beautiful images of nature, but not the organic nature celebrated by Adams. Burtynsky describes the essential theme of his photography as “nature transformed through industry.” Burtynsky was born in … Keep readingEdward Burtynsky
He eventually became known as the Poet of Prague, a rather grand title for the son of a house painter. Josef Sudek was born in 1896 in the town of Kolin in what was then called Bohemia, part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. His father died … Keep readingJosef Sudek