Francis Bacon – Photographs, Painting, Destructive Criticism and More
“I’ve had photographs taken for portraits because I very much prefer working from the photographs than from them.”
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William Eggleston – “The Colorful Mr. Eggleston” (2009)
William Eggleston is one of the most influential and original photographers alive today. A Mississippi aristocrat with a fondness for guns, drink and women, he dragged colour into the world of art photography. Reviled in the 1970s, he is now considered a legend whose unique visual style has influenced generations of photographers and filmmakers. Imagine […]
ASX.TV: Cindy Sherman – “Nobody’s Here But Me” (1994)
New York based artist, Cindy Sherman, is famous for her photographs of women in which she is not only the photographer, but also the subject. She has contributed her own footage to the programme by recording her studio and herself at work with her Hi-8 video camera. It reveals a range of unexpected sources from […]