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...Weber gives himself the un-intrusive role of guide and narrator and makes only the rarest appearances in front of his own camera. His running commentary, now casually reflective, now mytho-poetical, reveals his sense of marked detachment from the world he examines. “We sometimes photograph what we could never be,” he sighs in wistful voiceover...
...photograph of the runners gathering on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge at the start of the event showed many gazing to the left, as if to reconstruct the changed landscape for themselves. Squinting, firefighter Tim McCauley observed, “It is heartbreaking not to see those towers.” McCauley wore the badge numbers of fellow firefighters on his headband. Others carried pictures, and still others wore T-shirts bearing the names of victims. Yet it was the runners without pictures, T-shirts and badges, those who were simply running for themselves, who intrigued me most. As they looked...
...first three pieces in the show are Ilfachrome light boxes—silver box frames with an inner light projector that illuminate a photograph. In each of the pieces, the picture that the box frames has a black background and a burst of color. The names are simplistic and self explanatory: “Etherea Red”, “Etherea Blue” and “Etherea Yellow,” and all three portray images that resemble basic shapes found in nature...
Both Huene and Horst were aware of their own artistic context, gaining inspiration from the masterpieces they saw in the Louvre. They were especially influenced by Greek art. Huene’s gelatin plated silver photographs with their carefully posed models and flowing drapery harks back to classical Greek friezes. In one famous photograph, Horst transforms two large rolls of paper into what seem like Greek columns. His regal model—dressed in a fitted but flowing white gown—resembles a Greek goddess. Both Huene and Horst placed Greek sculptures in the background of their work...
Horst and Huene’s works are stylized and formal when compared to the glossy fashion photography of today. This formality, coupled with soft yet dramatic lighting, adds an element of mystery and seduction to their work. Their photographs are geometrically structured and sharply delineated. While Huene’s photographs are more neutral in tone, Horst’s emphasize the powerful effect of black and white contrast. Although Huene was clearly a great influence on Horst, Huene’s career peaked in the 30s, while Horst continued to photograph well into the 80s. Horst?...