|
|
|
-
Discuss Richard Kern photos
Richard Kern,
All photos posted where taken in one of the two apartments Richard Kern rented in N.Y City from 1979 to 1986.
Richard Kern’s photos can be rather disturbing. His work reflects the punk underground scene of the late 1970’s thru the mid 1980’s. The photos I posted are scanned from his 1997 book ‘New York Girls’.
I’m amazed at the results Richard Kern was able to achieve while using a bare-bones set-up.
Please take a look at his work and feel free to post your thoughts.
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2007-.../greenlady.jpg
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2007-...181/blonde.jpg
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2007-...rlinmirror.jpg
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2007-...81/onall4s.jpg
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2007-...overedface.jpg
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2007-...uebackdrop.jpg
-
g'day Spiral
what are your thoughts on this work?
apart from 'greenlady' i think they are fairly shallow, poorly captured and have little narrative value
-
-
The work is scanned from a book. The images I have posted are of very poor quality. No fault of Kern.
I posted these images because most of his work may not be suited for this site. the photos above are tame enough.
-
 Originally Posted by spiralcity
The work is scanned from a book. The images I have posted are of very poor quality. No fault of Kern.
I posted these images because most of his work may not be suited for this site. the photos above are tame enough.
ok Spiral
a couple of issues occur to me;
why post 'very poor quality' work/scans whatever?
why post work that may not be suitable?
why not explain why you felt compelled to post this work?
i checked out this guys website, sleazey comes to mind, why does a middle aged man need to photograph quite young women in such a slip shod and perverse manner with little artistic intent?
please explain yourself
-
Sponsored Ad. (Subscribers to APUG have the option to remove this ad.)
-
Didn't he star with Tim Allen in "Home Improvement"?
;-)
Latent Images Plastic Toy Cameras
"Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive" - Howard Thurman
-
There is also a web based show about him made for Vice Magazine called Shot By Kern. http://www.vbs.tv/
-
DIY punk ethos? Surely, you must jest. It's glamour-on-a-shoestring, not punk.
Had a look at his web site and it's mostly softporn, at the level of the French New Look magazine: "Tammy and Sammy were out for a bike ride. Then Tammy said, Oh, let's have a picnic here. And it was only a few minutes before Sammy had Tammy for lunch."
Using film since before it was hip.
"One of the most singular characters of the hyposulphites, is the property their solutions possess of dissolving muriate of silver and retaining it in considerable quantity in permanent solution" — Sir John Frederick William Herschel, "On the Hyposulphurous Acid and its Compounds." The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal, Vol. 1 (8 Jan. 1819): 8-29. p. 11
My APUG Portfolio
-
ok Spiral
a couple of issues occur to me;
why post 'very poor quality' work/scans whatever?
why post work that may not be suitable?
why not explain why you felt compelled to post this work?
i checked out this guys website, sleazey comes to mind, why does a middle aged man need to photograph quite young women in such a slip shod and perverse manner with little artistic intent?
please explain yourself
1. I posted what I had.
2. It dosent matter the quality of the scans. The photos are intended to get people talking.
3.No work was posted that wasnt suitable.
4. Why do I need to explain? This is the thread to discuss photographers?
I like what Richard Kern did. His work may not be suited for all. He never used professional models, and yes his images where shot on a shoestring budget.
We all see art differently.When I look at Kerns images I see the sleazy, gritty side of N.Y and YES in my eyes he does capture the PUNK feel of the late 70's and mid 80's.
Kern also produced some videos for MTV back in their early days.
I truly dont understand the statement below.
I checked out this guys website, sleazey comes to mind, why does a middle aged man need to photograph quite young women in such a slip shod and perverse manner with little artistic intent?
We could have a long discussion about art if you like.
Last edited by spiralcity; 10-03-2007 at 12:08 PM. Click to view previous post history.
-
Originally Posted by spiralcity
We all see art differently.When I look at Kerns images I see the sleazy, gritty side of N.Y and YES in my eyes he does capture the PUNK feel of the late 70's and mid 80's.
Kern also produced some videos for MTV back in their early days.
Just think about the cognitive dissonance between these two statements...
Using film since before it was hip.
"One of the most singular characters of the hyposulphites, is the property their solutions possess of dissolving muriate of silver and retaining it in considerable quantity in permanent solution" — Sir John Frederick William Herschel, "On the Hyposulphurous Acid and its Compounds." The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal, Vol. 1 (8 Jan. 1819): 8-29. p. 11
My APUG Portfolio
|
|
Adv Reply
