Pakayla Biehn
lorna simpson, counting, 1991
Dan Graham, still from Rock My Religion, 1982–84. Video, black-and-white and color
Joos van Craesbeeck (1605 - 1661), The Temptation of St. Anthony, 1650
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“The tendency toward the vernacular in contemporary photography is one that I that find both exciting and somewhat taxing. At its best, this way of working engages with, or distills perhaps, something revealing about everyday life - the quiet, casual or intimate moments that often disclose a refreshing honesty about our lives. At its worst, however, this trend is steeped in triteness and pretense. Many contemporary photographers emulating this style seem to be more interested in selling a particular lifestyle than elucidating something meaningful. When the lines between the aesthetics and substance are uncomfortably blurred, I tend to find the work disingenuous.”
“In 1988 a Florida judge, trying a case concerning the beating to death of a gay man asked the prosecutor, “That’s a crime now, to beat up a homosexual?” The prosecutor responded, “Yes, sir. And it’s also a crime to kill them.” “Times have really changed,” the judge replied.”
“I truly feel that there are as many ways of loving as there are people in the world and as there are days in the life of those people.”
(via flyingkites)
“the temporary loss of the ability to tolerate spatial separations from a secure base”