Portrait photographer Larry Clark was born in Oklahoma. He learnt photography at an early age. His mother was an itinerant baby photographer, and he was enlisted in the family business from the age of 13. In 1959 Clark began injecting amphetamines with his friends often capturing these moments n his camera. Critics described his pictures as exposing the reality of American suburban life. In 1964 he moved to New York to freelance but within 2 months he was drafted to serve in the Vietnam war. The war convinced him to publish a book called Tulsa in 1971, a photo documentary showing his friends drug use in black and white. He then wrote an autobiography called teenage Lust involving images of others, including his family photos, yet more teenage drug use, graphic pictures of teenage sexual activity and young male hustlers.
Thursday 17 October 2013
Portrait
Dianne Arbus was an American photographer that captured portraits of people who 'didn't fit in', people such as those with disabilities, dwarfs or circus freaks. Arbus believed that a camera could be a little bit cold or a little harsh but its scrutiny revealed the truth about what she photographed, the difference between what people wanted to see and what they really did see. In 1946 after the war the Arbus's became a commercial photography business called Diane & allan Arbus with Diane as art director and Allan as the photographer. The pair of them did lots of work for fashion magazines although they both weren't too keen on them. In 1962, Arbus switched from a 35mm Nikon camera which produced grainy regular images to a Reflex Rolleiflex camera which produced more detail squared images more suited to capturing portraits. During the 1960's Arbus taught photography at a school in New York.
Portrait photographer Larry Clark was born in Oklahoma. He learnt photography at an early age. His mother was an itinerant baby photographer, and he was enlisted in the family business from the age of 13. In 1959 Clark began injecting amphetamines with his friends often capturing these moments n his camera. Critics described his pictures as exposing the reality of American suburban life. In 1964 he moved to New York to freelance but within 2 months he was drafted to serve in the Vietnam war. The war convinced him to publish a book called Tulsa in 1971, a photo documentary showing his friends drug use in black and white. He then wrote an autobiography called teenage Lust involving images of others, including his family photos, yet more teenage drug use, graphic pictures of teenage sexual activity and young male hustlers.
Portrait photographer Larry Clark was born in Oklahoma. He learnt photography at an early age. His mother was an itinerant baby photographer, and he was enlisted in the family business from the age of 13. In 1959 Clark began injecting amphetamines with his friends often capturing these moments n his camera. Critics described his pictures as exposing the reality of American suburban life. In 1964 he moved to New York to freelance but within 2 months he was drafted to serve in the Vietnam war. The war convinced him to publish a book called Tulsa in 1971, a photo documentary showing his friends drug use in black and white. He then wrote an autobiography called teenage Lust involving images of others, including his family photos, yet more teenage drug use, graphic pictures of teenage sexual activity and young male hustlers.
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