186 Pages
18 Color & 53 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
186 Pages
18 Color & 53 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
186 Pages
18 Color & 53 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This study argues that intimacy requires an overcoming of shame, and each of these artists, in their own way, uses photography to frame moments that can be shameful to some and intimate others, leaving it to the viewer to navigate this affectively perilous terrain.
From the cancellation of Mapplethorpe’s retrospective The Perfect Moment to the obscenity trial in Cincinnati shortly thereafter,... Read more
Introduction: The Avoidance of Shame 1. Robert Mapplethorpe: Toilet Water 2. Peter Hujar: The Naked and the Nude 3. Nan Goldin: Indecent Exposure 4. Sally Mann: A High Wind in Virginia
Biography
Harrison Adams is an Assistant Professor at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
