Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Larry Clark & I






When first seeing Larry Clark's photographs, you notice that he is greatly involved with his subject material in which he calls being involved with the outlaw life during the 60s. The early career of Larry Clark consisted of shooting photographs that captured "a record of his secret teenage life" thoughout his hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma. While stating this his main subjects were raw images of drug use and adolescent sex as well as portraits of young hustlers of that generation. During his early years as a photographer there was really no judgement or moral point of view conveyed through his photographs but simply just because this was the normal behavior of his subjects. While photographing, Clark would always capture a series that would convey a nightmarish, rogue side of the American youth with a style similar to documentary photography that would later be recognized today as Clark's signature style.

In comparison, the work Larry Clark produces is very similar to the work that I have been making. 

When shooting photographs I try to capture the beauty in subjects that are often looked down upon.
While the subjects are often people doing graffiti or roaming around where you aren't supposed to go, I always strive to create something other than what the average person knows. This is very similar to how Larry Clark shoots his subjects because it takes the viewer behind closed doors showing something so shocking. The collection of images we end up with over time is who we are and what our work is about.


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