THOMAS RUFF: “NUDES”
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JOHN DIVOLA: “DOGS CHASING MY CAR IN THE DESERT” (1995-1998)
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Photographer Philip-Lorca diCorcia Talks (2003)
“I mean I never took photography to be anything that I considered to be truthful.” Dorian Devens and Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Transcription of a conversation on The Speakeasy, WFMU.org, 2003 Dorian Devens: How did you get started in photography? Philip-Lorca diCorcia: I was a student in an art college and it was more or less […]
BRAD ELTERMAN: “PAPARAZZO”
Brad Elterman (American, b. 1956) is known for his photographs of the Hollywood rock’n’roll lifestyle, capturing such celebrities as Rod Steward, the Runaways, Bebe Buell, Kiss, Queen, and the Ramones, (All rights reserved. Images @ Brad Elterman.)
HELMUT NEWTON: “COLOR”
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Billy Monk – “Cape Town Nightclub” (1967-1969)
Billy Monk worked as a bouncer in the notorious Catacombs club in the dock area of Cape Town during the 1960s. For just two years, 1967 to 1969, he captured the raw energy of the club, its decadence and tragedy, its humanity and joy. They provide an extraordinarily evocative glimpse of Cape Town’s little-seen […]
RENNIE ELLIS: “KING’S CROSS” (1970-71)
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Jacob Holdt: American Pictures – A Foreigner’s Perspective on Social Injustice in the United States
A country which leads the fight for freedom and democracy ‘with liberty and justice for all’ on one side and a country of bigotry, selfish greed, racism, and rampant exploitation which leads to both physical and mental oppression and poverty on the other. American Pictures: A Foreigner’s Perspective on Social Injustice in the United States […]