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A Review of Philip-Lorca diCorcia Exibition at the MoMa (Part 4)

Roy; ,In his twenties; Los Angeles, California; $ 50, From the Series Hustlers 1990-92

Roy; ,In his twenties; Los Angeles, California; $ 50, From the Series Hustlers 1990-92 . The fact that DiCorcia has labeled each portrait with the man’s name and age, the city they came from and the amount of money he was paid for the picture (from $20 to $50). The info speaks volumes, “ wow $50 for a male prostitute,“ was my first thought about this image. This image of the male prostitute who is fairly young is laying on a motel bed laying on his back with his head slightly off the bed while engaging the camera . Similar to the photo Tennille which portray the subject in a strong positive light. This image portrays the young man Not to provoke pity Or begs for sympathy but in a more playful scene . He portrays his subjects in a positive and attractive qualities.

The different Parts of this series can be found by clicking on the links : Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3 , Part 4

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A Review of Philip-Lorca diCorcia Exibition at the MoMa (Part 3)

Tennile 2004 , chromogenic color print , acquired through the generosity of Dr. Michael L. Jacobs, 2006

Ambiguous, and filled with suggestion Mr. diCorcia’s photo Tennille suggest a more explicit narrative , Tennile 2004 , chromogenic color print , acquired through the generosity of Dr. Michael L. Jacobs, 2006 . The photo depicts a stripper “ working the pole” is what I like to call it . The photograph captures the dancer in mid routine with her legs wrapped around the stripper pole while her body gracefully dangled. The dancer is bath with a bright light which showed how gracefully she danced on the stripper pole. The lighting of this photo gave such a dramatic image which showed the dancer in a powerful way, it showed her as a strong powerful woman who owns the stage and is in charge. This photo tells a narrative about the dancer, it made me create a short story in my head. The photo made me gave the dancer a back story as to who she is and why she’s a stripper. Which is exactly what the artist is trying to capture. He plays on the moral values of society. The artist usually paid his subjects the same price they charge for their services. However, there is no price in the description of this particular photo so it made me wondered how much he paid the stripper for this photo.

“Hustlers,” his best-known series, according to most art critics is the most well-represented, with 14 large and small shots of mostly young men strutting their stuff along Santa Monica Boulevard in Hollywood. Made from 1990 to 1992 and funded with a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, DiCorcia’s breakout series features men posing for their portraits in motel rooms , parking lots and laundromats, outside fast-food restaurants, gas stations and boarded-up buildings, and simply sitting at bus stops or on street corners, usually at dusk.

The different Parts of this series can be found by clicking on the links : Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3 , Part 4

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A Review of Philip-Lorca diCorcia Exibition at the MoMa

Philip-Lorca diCorcia (born 1951) is an American photographer. He studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Afterwards diCorcia attended Yale University where he received a Master of Fine Arts in Photography in 1979. He now lives and works in New York, and teaches at Yale University.. He has been recognized since the 1980’s for portraits of subject in settings at once vivid and ordinary. Treading the fine line between fiction and reality, his photographs , although staged , are still very much part of the history of documentary street photography.

This MoMa exhibition features photographs that explore fantasy, sexuality , danger , and commodity. The large-scale photograph Tennille , from the series lucky Thirteen , depicts a pole dancer caught in mid-routine, her body is showered in bright lights. For his hustler series , a selection of which are on view at the MoMa presently, diCorcia sought out male subjects in an area of Hollywood known for prostitution and drug trade. The men posed under dramatic lighting in hotel rooms and laundromats or outside fastfood restaurants. Each portrait is titled with the subject’s name, age , the city he came from , and the amount diCorcia paid him for posing , corresponding to the fees the subjects charged their usual services.

The different Parts of this series can be found by clicking on the links : Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3 , Part 4

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