Kern: Noir, Richard Kern Photographs. 2002
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Kern Noir
Photographs by Richard Kern
Essays by Geoff Nicholson and Sabina Spada.
One of the most transgressive of American photographers, Richard Kern makes brazen portraits of enticing nude women. But if his photographs easily cross over into the world of pornography, they are distinguished from prosaic porn by their beauty and, more importantly, their treatment of voyeurism as a theme. As Kern once said, "The best part of anything is watching, and through his photographs, he not only seduces the viewer into looking but forces a subsequent recognition of his or her own voyeurism." Presented here is a new series of black and white photographs.
He lives in New York, he made his name in New York, and the b&w work shown here is decidedly New York-fast speed with glaring contrast and lots of grain. Edited down from a mass of images spanning the entire range of his career, Kern Noir is playful and enticing but ultimately a serious body of work. It hits squarely below the belt.
Photographs by Richard Kern
Essays by Geoff Nicholson and Sabina Spada.
One of the most transgressive of American photographers, Richard Kern makes brazen portraits of enticing nude women. But if his photographs easily cross over into the world of pornography, they are distinguished from prosaic porn by their beauty and, more importantly, their treatment of voyeurism as a theme. As Kern once said, "The best part of anything is watching, and through his photographs, he not only seduces the viewer into looking but forces a subsequent recognition of his or her own voyeurism." Presented here is a new series of black and white photographs.
He lives in New York, he made his name in New York, and the b&w work shown here is decidedly New York-fast speed with glaring contrast and lots of grain. Edited down from a mass of images spanning the entire range of his career, Kern Noir is playful and enticing but ultimately a serious body of work. It hits squarely below the belt.
-Photo Eye
Kern Noir
Photographs by Richard Kern
Essays by Geoff Nicholson and Sabina Spada.
One of the most transgressive of American photographers, Richard Kern makes brazen portraits of enticing nude women. But if his photographs easily cross over into the world of pornography, they are distinguished from prosaic porn by their beauty and, more importantly, their treatment of voyeurism as a theme. As Kern once said, "The best part of anything is watching, and through his photographs, he not only seduces the viewer into looking but forces a subsequent recognition of his or her own voyeurism." Presented here is a new series of black and white photographs.
He lives in New York, he made his name in New York, and the b&w work shown here is decidedly New York-fast speed with glaring contrast and lots of grain. Edited down from a mass of images spanning the entire range of his career, Kern Noir is playful and enticing but ultimately a serious body of work. It hits squarely below the belt.
Photographs by Richard Kern
Essays by Geoff Nicholson and Sabina Spada.
One of the most transgressive of American photographers, Richard Kern makes brazen portraits of enticing nude women. But if his photographs easily cross over into the world of pornography, they are distinguished from prosaic porn by their beauty and, more importantly, their treatment of voyeurism as a theme. As Kern once said, "The best part of anything is watching, and through his photographs, he not only seduces the viewer into looking but forces a subsequent recognition of his or her own voyeurism." Presented here is a new series of black and white photographs.
He lives in New York, he made his name in New York, and the b&w work shown here is decidedly New York-fast speed with glaring contrast and lots of grain. Edited down from a mass of images spanning the entire range of his career, Kern Noir is playful and enticing but ultimately a serious body of work. It hits squarely below the belt.
-Photo Eye
Kern Noir
Photographs by Richard Kern
Essays by Geoff Nicholson and Sabina Spada.
One of the most transgressive of American photographers, Richard Kern makes brazen portraits of enticing nude women. But if his photographs easily cross over into the world of pornography, they are distinguished from prosaic porn by their beauty and, more importantly, their treatment of voyeurism as a theme. As Kern once said, "The best part of anything is watching, and through his photographs, he not only seduces the viewer into looking but forces a subsequent recognition of his or her own voyeurism." Presented here is a new series of black and white photographs.
He lives in New York, he made his name in New York, and the b&w work shown here is decidedly New York-fast speed with glaring contrast and lots of grain. Edited down from a mass of images spanning the entire range of his career, Kern Noir is playful and enticing but ultimately a serious body of work. It hits squarely below the belt.
Photographs by Richard Kern
Essays by Geoff Nicholson and Sabina Spada.
One of the most transgressive of American photographers, Richard Kern makes brazen portraits of enticing nude women. But if his photographs easily cross over into the world of pornography, they are distinguished from prosaic porn by their beauty and, more importantly, their treatment of voyeurism as a theme. As Kern once said, "The best part of anything is watching, and through his photographs, he not only seduces the viewer into looking but forces a subsequent recognition of his or her own voyeurism." Presented here is a new series of black and white photographs.
He lives in New York, he made his name in New York, and the b&w work shown here is decidedly New York-fast speed with glaring contrast and lots of grain. Edited down from a mass of images spanning the entire range of his career, Kern Noir is playful and enticing but ultimately a serious body of work. It hits squarely below the belt.
-Photo Eye