By Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Located in New York, NY
Ektacolor print mounted to 4-ply board
Signed and inscribed "PL.159.4," verso
This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Philip-Lorca diCorcia is an internationally exhibited and renowned American Photographer, based in New York City. diCorcia studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Botson, and received a Master of Fine Arts from Yale University, where he now teaches. diCorcia is a pioneer of staged depictions of everyday life, inspired in part by the artificiality of traditional American cinema. "I thought of the people as puppets who were unstrung, mercilessly disempowered – not preyed upon, but living on the edge and not by choice," diCorcia said of his earliest L.A. subjects. "So it was interesting to set up scenarios that often didn't portray the real circumstances." diCorcia first achieved notoriety for his series, "Hustlers" (1990-1992), for which he staged portraits of...
Category
1990s Contemporary Philip-Lorca diCorcia Art