Word: exoticism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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And none other than Harvard University appears to be following suit - sort of. Last week Harvard posted a paper on the admissions section of its website entitled "Time Out or Burn Out for the Next Generation." It is less a research study than a doomsday screed. The paper recounts horror...
But even the Hampstead series is freaked by the specter of white eccentricity. Day's milieu was like a gentle giant, fumbling to grasp exotic cultures, but instead squashing them under its thumb. He never antagonizes his many black, Algerian and working-class subjects, but he frequently objectifies them, making...
Day did more than stare at his exotic subjects. He appropriated their spirit. He went along collecting strange artifacts-he once photographed himself in Algerian costume. The entrance to the exhibit showcases a series of self-portraits in which a fully clothed Day is shown on a dark field, with...
It would be an exaggeration to say that walking through the gallery is like time travel, but the wallpaper and period matting do a great deal to contextualize Day's photographs. What might seem nave, blasphemous, or offensive if it were produced today comes off as eccentric, or perhaps quaint...
Proof of Life is one of those old-fashioned crackerjack thrillers that shifts across a number of exotic locales, yet it is also a film hot-wired directly into contemporary culture. With global economics continually expanding, the threat to prominent Americans in regions of political turmoil is more acute than...