Joel Peter Witkin, which is grand.
Known for photographing human spectacles including hermaphrodites, dwarfs, amputees, androgynes, carcasses, people with odd physical capabilities & fetishists. “When I produce a photograph that totally satisfies, a part of me actually dies. And I think that death is an aspect of myself being burned away or dissolved, because that part of what I had to work out is taken care of.”
It’s the Raft of George Bush, modelled on the Raft of The Medusa, that first grabbed me. David LaChapelle has a version on his homepage too.
Thanks to Mark Page of The Manchester Blog who is Ansel Adams, allegedly.
Tagging: Public Energy, Rob, Wackylabs, Emma, Elena, Monaxle, Panchromatica, Steve, F:Lux and Murdoch. Go on, you know you want to.
Hope to see some of you tomorrow!
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June 9th, 2008 at 9:57 am
And apparently I’m Henri Cartier Bresson :) Whoda thunk?
June 9th, 2008 at 11:08 am
Went to see his work in Bradford couple of weekends ago, review is pending. Yes, your Glasgow portraits are very HCB.
June 9th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
I was Henri Cartier-Bresson … could be worse.
I went to see the HCB exhibition in Bradford 3 weeks ago. Would it be sacrilegious to say that I was disappointed. The best part was a narrated slideshow of the photographs using the words of HCB. I guess that I was spoilt having seen the excellent HCB exhibition in Edinburgh back in 2005.
June 9th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
I went to see this exhibition ( same day as yourself and pie girl ! ) I was a bit dissapointed more than anything, quite a lot of the shots were, to me, like holiday pictures ? There were some that I stopped at but most were like flicking through someones album . Was I expecting too much or did I miss something ?
June 9th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
monAnsel Adams for today.
June 9th, 2008 at 11:45 pm
Hmmm, I appear to be Ansel too according to that. The scope of questions wasn’t very varied though and I think it matched me up to him based on liking going outdoors!
June 10th, 2008 at 1:51 am
None of you were Witkin though?
Glee. :)
June 10th, 2008 at 10:38 am
Hi Brenda, my alter ego is Helmet Newton apparently, ja!
Hope your opening went well, sorry I couldn’t make it :(
Lx
June 11th, 2008 at 2:33 am
Must be the contrasty musculars!
Thanks L, I know how busy you are. Shout up if you need any help.
June 13th, 2008 at 1:45 am
Ansel Adams for me too. :)
Oh, and hello. :)
June 14th, 2008 at 12:15 am
Hello! He probably wasn’t as prolific as you. :)
June 14th, 2008 at 8:10 am
You might have a point there! :)