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Postmodernism’s hostility to and fear of the faculty of sight is a matter of public record. “The gaze,” a purportedly ancient, secret technique of domination hitherto practiced only by men, has been widely identified and demonized as a modern version of the “evil eye.” The literature abounds with snide references to “scopophilia,” a pejorative neologism that translates as “the love of looking”; in this construct, the very act of seeing stands frequently accused of inherent, pathological voyeurism, with photography as its most pernicious instrument.
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So far as I’m aware, no one professing these convictions has had the courage to follow the pertinent Biblical injunction, “If thine eye offend thee, cast it out.” But small wonder that the art around which this theory circles offers so little that rewards visual attention; in a climate of such hysterical revulsion at optical experience, who would want to be caught giving or receiving pleasure via the retina?
Contents
Introduction by Bill Jay
Preface
Letter from:
New York, No. I
Christian Boltanski
New York, No. 2
Garry Winogrand
New York, No. 4
Diane Arbus, Alice Neel
Jerusalem/Tel Aviv/New York, No. 5
“Anne Frank in the World”, Starn Twins
New York, No. 5a
Minor White
New York/Washington/ Rockport, No. 7
Robert Mapplethorpe, Andres Serrano, International Photography Congress
Amsterdam/New York, No. 8
Gerrit Rietveld Academy Symposium Holland Foto 89
New York, No. 9
Krysztof Wodiczko
New York, No. 10
“In Our Time”; “Image World”
New York, No. 11
Cindy Sherman, W Eugene Smith, Annette Lemieux
New York, No. r2
“Photography Until Now”
New York, No. 13
Pierre Molinier
Arles, No. r7
RIP, 1990
Philadelphia/New York, No. r8
Larry Clark
Lausanne, No. r9
“One Hundred Photographers from the East”
New York, No. 21
Nan Goldin, Barbara Kruger
New York, No. 24
Sophie Calle, Richard Misrach
Letter from:
New York, No. 26
Romare Bearden, Catalina Parra, Sebastiao Salgado, Joel-Peter Witkin
New York, No. 27
John Baldessari
New York, No. 29
David Salle
“Pleasures and Terrors of Domestic Comfort”
New York, No. 30
Laurie Simmons, Jeff Koons
New York, No. 31
Nicholas and Bebe Nixon
New York, No. 32
William Wegman, Deborah Turbeville, Hiroshi Sugimoto
Houston, No. 34
FotoFest 1992
New York, No. 36
Sally Mann, Jock Sturges
New York, No. 37
Mario Cravo Neto, Luis Gonzalez Palma
New York, No. 39
Madonna: Sex
New York, No. 40
Carrie Mae Weems
New York, No. 43
“Christian Boltanski: Books, Prints, Printed Matter, Ephemera”,
“Photography in Contemporary Germany Art”, Arthur Danto
Prague/New York, No. 47
Prague House of Photography
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Index
Index A-C
A
Adams, Ansel 2 7
Allard, William Albert 40
Alpert, Max 140
Apostol, Alexander 142
Arbus, Diane 20-21
Arrouye, Jean 42
Avedon, Richard 129
B
Baldessari, John 113-rr6
Baldwin, Fred 13 8, 144
Banka, Pavel 172, 174
Barros, Ricardo T. 34
Bayer, Herbert 140
Bearden, Romare 102-104, 141
Becher, Bernd and Hilla 168
Bengis, Ingrid 5 4
Benteler, Petra 13 8
Berman, Wallace 52
Beuys, Joseph 167
Bickerton, Ashley 54, 127
Birgus, Vladimir 42
Boltanski, Christian 15-16, 165, 169
Brenner, Frederic 166
Brigman, Anne 167
Brotmeyer, Gary rr9
Bruce, Roger 39
Brzoska, Vistan 87
Buduytis 75
Bunnell, Peter 26, 26-31
Burson, Nancy 52
C
Cahan, Susan 62, 64
Calle, Sophie 97-99
Callis, Jo Ann 120
Capa, Cornell 50
Capa, Robert 47
Capkova, Gabriela 172
Caslin, Jean 143
Chambi, Martin 141
Charlesworth, Bruce 120
Charlesworth, Sarah 5 2
Chegin, Andrey 141
Cheim, John 20-21
Chi, Tseng Kwong 143
Cichosz, Krzystof 89
Clark, Larry 79-82, 93
Clegg and Gutmann 52
Clifford, Jane 68
Cowin, Eileen rr9
Cravo Neto, Mario 142, 156
Cremin, Lisa 12 8
Cumming, Robert 52
D-L
D
D’Amato, Sen. Al(fonse) 34
D’Amico, Alicia 142
Danco, Arthur 165-167
Davidson, Bruce 48
Day, F. Holland 3 8
de Keyzer, Carl 90
de la Calle, Benjamin 141
de Moulin, Ray 73
Delpire, Robert 50
Depardon, Raymond 90
diCorcia, Philip-Lorca 121
Dorys, Benedykt Jerzy 87
Drtikol, Frantisek 74, 77, 173
Dufek, Antonin 172
Duras, Marguerite 98
Dutton, Allen A. 141
E
Eggleston, William 121
Emerson, P.H. 42
Eperjesi, Agnes 89
Erwitt, Elliott 42, 49
Evans, Walker 68
F
Facio, Sara 142
Farova, Gabina 76
Ferrez, Marc 141
Finch, Nigel 3 6
Fink, Larry II 9
Frank, Otto 2 3-24
Frank, Robert 52, 68, 79, 80,93
Frankl, Aljona 87
Freed, Leonard 48, 90
Friedlander, Lee 68
G
Galassi, Peter rr 9
Garcia, Estaban 141
Garduno, Flor 142
Garrels, Gary 167
Geldzahler, Henry II 7
Gibson, Ralph 79
Glinn, Burt 40, 49
Glueck, Grace 3 3
Goldin, Nan 93-94
Gonzalez Palma, Luis , 41, 157
Gowin, Emmet 147
Gran Fury 51
Grundberg, Andy 93
Gryger, Stepan 172
Grzywacz, Bernard 87
Gurdjieff, G. 29
H
Haacke, Hans 52
Halas, Istvan 89
Hanhardt, John G. 51
Hanke, Jifi 172
Hartwig, Edward 89
Heath, Dave 88
Heiferman, Marvin, 51
Heinecken, Robert, 52
Heinrich, AnneMarie, 142
Hellnwein, Gottfried, 87
Helms, Jesse 34
Henri, Florence , 140
Hermanowicz, Marius
Hivkind, Dov 34
Hoeneveldt, Herman, 42
Holmes, Claudette, 140
Hopper, Dennis 42
Hughes, Jim 60
I
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J
Jaar, Alfredo
Jacobs, Joseph 64
Jama, Waldemar, 87
Jay, Bill 42
Jury, Mark and Dan 129
K
Kardos, Sandor 8 8
Kazlauskas, J uozas 7 5
Kenyon, Colleen 121
Keshishian, Garo 90
Kessels, Willy 7 4
Key, Wilson Bryan rr5
Kiefer, Anselm 168
Kiesling, Gerhard 90
Kirstel, Richard 18
Kizny, Tomasz 87
Klein, Astrid 168
Kline, Nathan 62
Kolar, Jiri 174
Kolar, Viktor 172
Koons,Jeff 54, 125-127
Koudelka, Joseph 89
Kozlik, Vladimir 172
Kreeger, David Lloyd 34
Krims, Les 166
Kruger, Barbara 51, 52, 95-96
Kunes, Ales 172
L
Lacouture, Jean 49
Lefevre, Didier 90
Leibovitz, Annie 161
Lemieux, Annette 52, 62-64
Levine, Sherrie 52
Levinthal, David 54
Lhotak, Zdenek 172
Lifson, Ben 1 8
Lurie, David 4 5
Lynes, George Platt 3 8
M-R
M
Macijauskas, Aleksandras 7 5
Majore, Frank 52, 120
Mann, Sally rr9, 146-149
Mapplethorpe, Robert 30, 33-36
Mara, Pavel 76, 89
Marcus, Helen 3 8
Mark, Mary Ellen 91
Markowski, Stanislaw 90
Mayer, Becky 142
McCollum, Allan 52
McLuhan, Marshall 27
Meatyard, Ralph Eugene 166,167
Medvigy, Gabor 89
Meisel, Steven 160-162
Meiselas, Susan 76, 91
Mesple, Louis 76
Michailov, Boris 167
Michals, Duane 3 8
Mikhailovsky, Wilhelm 90
Misrach, Richard 77,
100-101
Moholy, Lucia 140
Moholy-Nagy, Laszlo 140
Molinier, Pierre 70-71
Monterosso, Jean-Luc 44,
72-74
Morgan, Barbara 89
Morris, Kirk 60
Moskaleva, Galina 141
Mrazkova, Daniela 172
Mi.iller, Thomas 144
Mumford, Lewis 27
N
Nadvornik, Pavel 89
Neel, Alice 20-21
Newhall, Beaumont 49, 65, 67
Newman, Arnold 40, 42
Nilsson, Lennart 140
Nixon, Nicholas and Bebe 128-130
Novak, Lorie 121
O
Obando, Jorg 141
Ollman, Arthur 40
Orr-Cahall, Dr. Christina 34-35
Ouspensky, P. D. 29
P
Paik, Nam June 54-56
Palfi, Marion 68
Papageorge, Tod 18
Parra, Catalina 104-105
Pastor, Suzanne E. 172
Peter, Richard 87
Peterhans, Walter 140
Phillips, Lisa 5 o
Pledge, Robert 42
Podlesnov, Sergei 90
Pohribny, Jan 172
Polke, Sigmar 168
Potapov, Valery 141
Prazmowski, Wojciech 141
Prekop, Rudo 172, 174
Prince, Richard 40, 5 2
Pruszkowski, Krzysztof 89
Q
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R
Rambow, Gi.inter 42
Rauschenberg, Robert 52
Richards, Eugene 91
Richter, Gerhard 166
Ridzenieks, Vilis 87
Riis, Jacob 167
Ritchin, Fred 49-50, 106-107
Robbe-Grillet, Alain 98
Rodriguez, Meliton 141
Rodriguez, Sebastian 141
Ross, David 13 3
Rubenis, Modris 87
Rubinfien, Leo 18
Ruff, Thomas 166
Ruscha, Ed 5 4
Russell, John 33
Ruzicka, D.J. 173
S-Z
S
Salcedo, Bernardo 142
Salgado, Sebastiao 91, 105-109
Salle, David n7-rr8
Sarris, Andrew 160
Saudek,Jan 77,174
Savescu, Emilian 90
Semien, Joe 15 2
Serrano, Andres 34, 3 8-40
Sheffer, Michael 89
Sherman, Cindy 20, 5 2, 57-58, 120
Shook, Melissa 147
Sidorsky, David 39
Silverio, Robert 172
Simart, Pierre-Charles 68
Simmons, Laurie 52, 121, 123-124
Simpson, Lorna 51
Smith, W. Eugene 60-62, 79,
Sobieszek, Robert 39
Sommer, Frederick II2
Spuris, Egon 8 8
Squiers, Carol 40
Stanko, Vasil r72
Stano, Tono 75, r72
Starn, Doug and Mike 25, 159
Stecha, Pavel 90
Stern, Grete r42
Sturges, Jock II9, r 50-r 5 5
Sudek, Joseph 89, r73, r74
Sugimoto, Hiroshi r36-r37
Svolik, Miro 76, 89, r72
Szarkowski, John r 8, 65-68, 121
Szilagyi, Lenke 90
T
Teige, Karel I4I
Thompson, John 140
Tomaszczuk, Zbigniew 89
Tomaszewski, Tomasz 87
Tress, Arthur 3 8
Turbeville, Deborah r34-r3 5
U
Umbo 140
V
van Bruggen, Coosje II 5
van de Vall, Jacques 42
Vanderbilt, Paul 88
Varga, Kami! 89, r72, r74
Vink, John 90
Vuco, Nikola 7 5
W
Wallis, Brian 39
Warhol, Andy 52
Watriss, Wendy r38-r39
Weems, Carrie Mae r63-r64
Wegman, William 52, 53, r32-r34
Weil, Brian r29
White, Minor 26-31, 38
Winogrand, Garry r7-r9, 67, I2I
Witkin, Joel-Peter 1009-112, 159
Wodiczko, Krzysztof 45-46, 5I, r67
XYZ
Yeager, Bunny r 67
Zupnik, Peter r72
