Edited by Katharina Dohm, Max Hollein. Text by Katharina Dohm, Geoff Dyer, Christoph Ribbat.
The seductive and eerie photography of diCorcia from 1975 to the ongoing East of Eden series
The photography of Philip-Lorca diCorcia achieves a marvelous balance of artifice and the everyday. Over the past three decades, diCorcia has developed a unique and influential style, in which a realistic, almost documentary style of representation is subverted or countered by visibly staged composition. This combination of seemingly opposite qualities endows his images with a mysterious eeriness. In his Hustlers series (1990–1992), diCorcia made portraits of male prostitutes in minutely composed settings, and for Heads (2000–2001)--probably his most famous series--he depicted passersby on the street in New York (who were oblivious to his photographing them) as though they were film stars. Alongside the series Streetwork (1993–1999), Lucky 13 (2004) and A Storybook Life (1975–1999), this volume, published for a major European retrospective and produced in close collaboration with diCorcia, also features works from his new and ongoing East of Eden project.
"Untitled" (2008) is reproduced from Philip-Lorca diCorcia.
In Kerber's beautiful new monograph, Philip-Lorca diCorcia is quoted in conversation with Christoph Ribbat: "Sometimes photography gets maligned as being too specific, too literal. But I think it’s a little like putting a bunch of little kids in a room and telling them to explain the same image. They’ll all come up with something different. The problem, simply stated, is: how do you make something that has a half-life that is longer than yours? So you’re sitting with something, living with something, looking at something, and it doesn’t give itself up that quickly. And maybe never will. I think that’s the big challenge. And it’s especially difficult in a medium as literal as photography. But it’s kind of worth the hassle… sometimes." Sylmar, California (2008), from the "East of Eden" series, is reproduced from Philip-Lorca diCorcia. continue to blog
FORMAT: Pbk, 9.75 x 11.75 in. / 208 pgs / 79 color. LIST PRICE: U.S. $45.00 LIST PRICE: CANADA $60 ISBN: 9783866788350 PUBLISHER: Kerber AVAILABLE: 9/30/2013 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Out of stock indefinitely AVAILABILITY: Not available TERRITORY: NA LA ME
Published by Kerber. Edited by Katharina Dohm, Max Hollein. Text by Katharina Dohm, Geoff Dyer, Christoph Ribbat.
The seductive and eerie photography of diCorcia from 1975 to the ongoing East of Eden series
The photography of Philip-Lorca diCorcia achieves a marvelous balance of artifice and the everyday. Over the past three decades, diCorcia has developed a unique and influential style, in which a realistic, almost documentary style of representation is subverted or countered by visibly staged composition. This combination of seemingly opposite qualities endows his images with a mysterious eeriness. In his Hustlers series (1990–1992), diCorcia made portraits of male prostitutes in minutely composed settings, and for Heads (2000–2001)--probably his most famous series--he depicted passersby on the street in New York (who were oblivious to his photographing them) as though they were film stars. Alongside the series Streetwork (1993–1999), Lucky 13 (2004) and A Storybook Life (1975–1999), this volume, published for a major European retrospective and produced in close collaboration with diCorcia, also features works from his new and ongoing East of Eden project.
