1. Who said: " The camera gave me the license to strip away what you want people to know about you, to reveal what you can't help people knowing about you"?
American photographer and writer Diane Arbus said that having a camera allows her to strip away what people know about her and to replace with what people can't help but know about her.
2. Do you think photographers tend to prey on vulnerable people?
After watching the documentary The Genius of Photography: We Are Family (Episode 5), I would have to say that it is true that photographers tend to prey on vulnerable people. For photographers it was easier to take photographs of people that were homeless, poverty stricken, ill or migrating- perhaps because these people would have allowed them to take these photographs in the hope that the photograph would help them or others in some way. Photographs were taken during times of great hard-ship such as the Great Depression in 1930's America.
3. What is Larry Clark's Tulsa project about?
Photographer Larry Clark' s project was about his own life. His photo-book title Tulsa focused on the things in society that are not openly talked about. This included the use of drugs, consumption of alcohol, and sexual inter-course. Clark took photography of nice, normal people that were acting out by taking part in such activities. Indeed, one has to admire Clark's work, which is in a way a reflection of his own lifestyle. He intended to bring these taboos to the attention of the public perhaps in an attempt to show how people really behave.
4. What is the title of Nan Goldin's most renowned work?
The title of Nan Goldin's most renowned and also controversial work was "The Ballad of Sexual Dependency", which was controversial as it featured those in society that were looked down upon/ out-casted in society such as transsexuals, prostitutes and homosexuals. She shows the normality of those deemed to be "freaks" of society.
5. What does Araki photograph now? What is his "philosophy"?
Japanese-born Photographer Nobuyoshi Araki started his career by first taking photographs from his honeymoon and later documented his marriage and family life over a period of 20 years. However, following the death of his wife in 1990, Araki now takes photographs of nude women. Indeed, his work has even been considered poronographic by critics. However, one must note how Akari is skilledcapturing every day life-in the past he has made private moments very public.
6. What was Richard Billingham's work about?
British photographer and painter Richard Billingham was born on the 25th September in 1970 . He began his career first as an ethusiastic painter, but is best known for his photo-book " Ray's A Laugh". This photo-book is a portrayal of the poverty and deprivation Billingham experienced growing up with his alcoholic father Ray and chain-smoking mother Liz. Billingham uses cheap film to take photographs for his photo-book, which provided brash colours and poor focus. This adds to the authenticity and over-all frankness of what he experienced in his every-day life at home.
Five Favorite Photographs by Richard Billingham
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