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 […]
Andy Warhol: “Polaroids”
From 1970 to 1987 Andy Warhol took scores of Polaroid photographs, the vast majority of which were never seen by the public. These images often served as the basis for his commissioned portraits, silk-screen paintings, drawings, and prints. EXPLORE ALL ANDY WARHOL ON ASX (All images @ Andy Warhol Foundation)
Bruce Gilden – “Fresno”
In October 2010 Bruce Gilden completed the last leg of his work in Fresno, California. California has one of the highest rates of foreclosure in the United States and 21.7 percent of all the riskiest loans. Here, the housing prices peaked in early 2005 and started to decline in 2006.
Angela Boatwright – “Scum of the Earth” (2011)
Directed by: Angela Boatwright Produced by: Angela Boatwright & Ashlea Hartz with Sydney Buchan AD: Owen O’Leary DP: Kevin Hayden Edited by: RB Umali & Angela Boatwright starring: Barn Burner, Ally, JR, Shanna, Raffi and Billy Rohan as the skateboarder Style by: Rose Garcia Hair & Make up: Masha Gvozdov
WALKER EVANS: “POLAROIDS OF WOMEN”
“I’ve now taken up that little SX-70 camera for fun and become very interested in it. I’m feeling wildly with it. But a year ago I would have said that color is vulgar and should never be tried under any circumstances. It’s a paradox that I’m now associated with it and in fact I intend […]