| Diane
Arbus |
Arbus,
Diane. diane arbus. New York: Aperture, 1972.
Interesting collection
of portraiture with an essay by Arbus.
Arbus, Diane. Diane
Arbus Magazine Work. Ed. Doon Arbus and Marvin Israel. New York: Aperture.
More portraiture,
some of celebrities. Text by Arbus.
Bosworth, Patricia.
Diane
Arbus: a biography. New York: Knopf, 1984.
Details Arbus' life
beginning with a history of her family. Her life, her work and circumstances
leading to her suicide. |
Diane
Arbus
18 of Arbus' photos.
COSMIC
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION
-Diane
Arbus Plate
A strange, but interesting
site with links to other Diane Arbus websites.
Masters
of Photography: Diane Arbus
An excellent site
with articles and links. |
| Richard
Avedon |
Avedon, Richard.
In
The American West. New York: Abrams, 1985.
Black and white portraits
of everyday people taken throughout the western states between 1979 and
1984. Not disturbingly grotesque, but
interesting. Includes an essay by Avedon about the circumstances
of the portraits.
Note: This includes
three photos of slaughtered animals.
Avedon, Richard.
Portraits.
New
York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1976.
Contains
not necessarily flattering portraits of famous, not so famous, and hardly
famous people. With an essay about truth in portraiture by Harold
Rosenberg. |
Richard
Avedon
A few interesting
celebrity photos. Also conversations
with Avedon, lists
of exhibitions and locations of some
collections. |
| Charles
Gatewood |
|
Nerve.com
- photography - Charles Gatewood
Contains photos of
freaks, homosexuals, transexuals, etc. Some photos are sexually explicit. |
| Peter
Hujar |
Hujar, Peter.
Portraits
in Life and Death. New York: Da Capo, 1976. Black
and white portraits of subjects sitting, reclining, and lying down. The
most grotesque images are those of people lying in death. |
DoubleTake
14 | Peter Hujar
A good article about
Hujar. Photos are of handicapped children.
Stephen
Cohen Gallery
Another site about
Hujar with a few of his photos and a short blurb. |
| Robert
Mapplethorpe |
|
Mapplethorpe
A collection of six
photos which is probably the largest of any Mapplethorpe exhibition available
on the Web. Unfortunately, these are not his controversial work.
UCR/CMP:
Garden of Earthly Delights
Only two or three
photos are available here--florals.
Art
on the Margins | Mapplethorpe
Two of Mapplethorpe's
photos.
Web_de_Jaime_Montes
Site is in Spanish
and probably violates copyright law, but it does contain some of Mapplethorpe's
more controversial work |
| Ralph
Eugene Meatyard |
Meatyard, Ralph
Eugene. The family album of Lucybelle Crater. Millerton: Jargon
Society, 1974.
Casual portraits
of Lucybelle (always a woman in a very ugly Halloween mask) with other
people, some of whom wear masks. Very unusual. |
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| Arthur
Tress |
Tress, Arthur.
The
Teapot Opera. New York: Abbeville, 1988.
Photos of knickknack
objects against the background of a child's toy theater with a story about
each photo. Very different! |
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| Jerry
Uelsmann |
Enyert, James
L. Jerry N Uelsmann: Tewnty-five years: A Retrospective. New
York: Little, Brown, and Company, 1982. Traces
the evolution of Uelsmann's photography beginning in 1954. Photos are constructed
using darkroom techniques to create images of objects that do not
necessarily go together. |
Jerry
Uelsmann
Strange and interesting
photos created in the darkroom. |
| Weegee |
Weegee. Naked
City. New York: Da Capo, 1975.
Life and death in
1930's to 1940's era New York City. Text and captions by Weegee. This is
very interesting!
Weegee.
Ed. Louis Stettner. New York: Knopf, 1977.
Similar to above,
same time span. A good look at New York City from an insider's perspective. |
Weegee's
World Home Page
Photos of New York
and all that is unique to it. Many quotes from the photographer. |
| Joel
Peter Witkin |
Celant, Germano.
Witkin.
Zurich: Scalo, 1995.
A very disturbing
collection of Witkin's photography with text by Celant. Nude transexuals
and cadavers of various age. |
Photography
- Joel-Peter Witkin
Ten photos by Witkin
featuring transexuals, freaks, cadavers. Some of this work is disturbing.
Joel-Peter
Witkin - Zonezero.com
Contains an essay
by Witkin and some more photos, some duplicates of above.
MetroActive
Arts | Joel-Peter Witkin
An article about
Witkin. Very informative.
Note: I would not
suggest viewing any of these sites if you are the least bit sensitive. |
| Various |
Coleman, A. D.
The
Grotesque in Photography.
New York: Summit,
1977. A good introduction to grotesque photography, although dated. Discusses
early grotesque photography, photographers of grotesque reality, and constructed
grotesqueness. |
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