Friday, September 07, 2007

The Photographic Edge




Larry Sultan took photographs in Porn Valley. I was a fan--until I found out he stages his shots. To me, that seems like he's cheating.



I love Marilyn Minter. Her work is so fucked up and beautiful. It's the pornography of womanhood, what it feels like to be a living illusion.



Susan Meiselas has done it all: men, women, sex, death. "It was the absolute edge of voyeurism," she said. "I had to get right to that edge."