When I was looking up information on Jock Sturges I found this website that contains an interview with the artist. http://www.amadelio.com/vlog/2008/01/10/vlog-videoblog-jock-sturges-line-of-beauty-and-grace/
On the same website using this link:
http://www.amadelio.org/
there are three trailers for documentary films about different photographers on this site, one of which is about Jock Sturges. While I was exploring the other trailers, specifically the one titled People, Love, Photos, I discovered Elinor Carucci and immediately wanted to know more about her work. She had photographed herself while she was pregnant as well as her children after she had given birth. These photographs showed herself and her children in intimate situations without clothing; they very much reminded me of Sally Mann’s work, not because of any similarity between aesthetic qualities but because Sally Mann photographed her children in the same innocent vein. I imagined that Sally Mann felt the same way that Elinor did about her children and wanted to cherish every moment, even the vulnerable ones that her children might not be ready to relive when they got older. However, after looking at Elinor’s work on her website (http://www.elinorcarucci.com/recent.html) I began to get more of a sense of intimacy from her work than from Sally Mann’s work. I feel that there exists a greater affection for her children and desire to document everything about her children as they grow, including runny noses and haircuts. Even with her other family members Elinor has accurately captured emotions and vulnerabilities that I believe are missing from Sally Mann’s work, but does this make her work less provocative than Mann’s work. In her personal series Elinor captures moments that are difficult and painful to look at, but also captures images of affection. I believe that in this respect there are vast differences between the works of Carucci and Mann. However, both artists have invaded the privacy of their subjects by capturing vulnerable moments. I believe that this is the real issue that should be provocative about their works, not the debate over nudity.
Now, after viewing Carucci’s work in further detail I find it more intriguing than Mann’s work and empathize with her subjects.
On the same website using this link:
http://www.amadelio.org/
there are three trailers for documentary films about different photographers on this site, one of which is about Jock Sturges. While I was exploring the other trailers, specifically the one titled People, Love, Photos, I discovered Elinor Carucci and immediately wanted to know more about her work. She had photographed herself while she was pregnant as well as her children after she had given birth. These photographs showed herself and her children in intimate situations without clothing; they very much reminded me of Sally Mann’s work, not because of any similarity between aesthetic qualities but because Sally Mann photographed her children in the same innocent vein. I imagined that Sally Mann felt the same way that Elinor did about her children and wanted to cherish every moment, even the vulnerable ones that her children might not be ready to relive when they got older. However, after looking at Elinor’s work on her website (http://www.elinorcarucci.com/recent.html) I began to get more of a sense of intimacy from her work than from Sally Mann’s work. I feel that there exists a greater affection for her children and desire to document everything about her children as they grow, including runny noses and haircuts. Even with her other family members Elinor has accurately captured emotions and vulnerabilities that I believe are missing from Sally Mann’s work, but does this make her work less provocative than Mann’s work. In her personal series Elinor captures moments that are difficult and painful to look at, but also captures images of affection. I believe that in this respect there are vast differences between the works of Carucci and Mann. However, both artists have invaded the privacy of their subjects by capturing vulnerable moments. I believe that this is the real issue that should be provocative about their works, not the debate over nudity.
Now, after viewing Carucci’s work in further detail I find it more intriguing than Mann’s work and empathize with her subjects.
Wow, pretty powerful personal stuff.
ReplyDeleteAnd I agree, since nudity was never the purpose in the first place, it seems ridiculous how we only look at such images as being offensive and reprehensible.
Hey, (for what it's worth) it's really hard for me to see and read the black text on your blog... last time you posted in white, that was easier on my eyes...
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