Jennifer Barua-Artist Post

Philip-Lorca diCorcia

1. Philip-Lorca diCorcia is an American photographer that uses photography as a narrative. He documents and stages pictures. He uses Gregory Crewdson's methodology in his photographs where he 'dramatizes' elements. He studies at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
2. In the first picture, the figure is blacked out. There is another black man standing behind him. I think this is vocalizing the constant 'blacking out' black people face where there are only seen as simply black people. In the second picture, there is a homeless person sleeping on top of a celebrity's star. Instead of this street being used for a home for someone in need, it is being used as a tourist attraction. In the third picture, the same woman is being seen two different ways. No matter how a woman is dressed, she will always be sexualized in some manner.
3. This artist faces and documents everyday struggles that we can all relate to. I enjoy the way he dramatizes certain elements in his photographs