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| Las Meninas (Self-Portrait) by Joel Peter Witkin, 1987. |
If photography is the art of fixing a shadow, glass is the
medium that transfers shadows onto film. For Joel-Peter Witkin, whose elaborate
tableaux reverberate with the extreme conditions of life and death, glass holds
powerful associations.
Joel-Peter Witkin is an artist who distorts photographs
using different techniques to create pieces that shock and intrigue. During the
Vietman War, Witkin worked as a war photographer, and at a very young age he
was already exposed to decapitation.
His works carry the delicate tonality of a 19th-century ambrotype, showing morphed scenes with human body parts and deceased subjects with a strong satirical sentiment against vanity.
Some of his works:
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Sanitarium |
source: acidskull.com
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