Joel-Peter Witkin
Birthday: Born in in
Deathday: Alive
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Vile Bodies
Character: Self
Documentary miniseries about contemporary artists who create challenging views of the human body. One of a 3-part series exploring how contemporary photography is challenging some of our deepest-held taboos about the human body. "American photographer Joel-Peter Witkin discusses his dark visions of human bodies....
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Witkin & Witkin
Character: Self
A pair of identical twins, one a photographer and the other a painter, have very little in common....
Le corps sublime
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Fiction-documentary about the short life of the photographer Francesca Woodman (1958-1981) who used to photograph herself, mostly naked in strange places, until she committed sucide. American photographer Francesca Woodman is best known for black-and-white pictures of herself and of female models, which still draws new fans. Many of her photographs show young women nude, blurred (due to movement and long exposure times), merging with their surroundings, or with their faces obscured. Years after ...