Philip-Lorca diCorcia: Thousand
Produced in collaboration with Pascal Dangin, this massive publication features actual-size reproductions of Philip-Lorca diCorcia’s series of 1,000 Polaroid photographs, edited down from a collection of 4,000 spanning close to twenty-five years. With Thousand, diCorcia effectively inverts his own tendency: the book is now the work itself. Flipping through the pages of Thousand is not so much a retrospective or summation of the artist’s life as it is an exercise in the construction of memory. Seen alongside Polaroids from some of diCorcia’s most recognized bodies of work and distinctive series – Hustlers, Streetwork, Heads, Lucky Thirteen – are intimate scenes with friends, family members, and lovers; self portraits; double-exposures; test shots from commercial and fashion shoots; the ordinary places of everyday life, such as airport lounges, street corners, bedrooms; and still life portraits of common objects, including clocks, and lamps.
Publisher: SteidlDangin
Artists: Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Printer: Steidl, Göttingen
Publication Date: 2007
Binding: Softcover in slipcase
Dimensions: 7 1/4 x 8 1/4 in (18.4 x 21 cm)
Pages: 2008 pages
Reproductions: 1000 color
ISBN: 9783865214065
Retail: $80 US & Canada
Status: Out Of Print
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
One of the most influential and innovative photographers working today, Philip-Lorca diCorcia is known for creating images that are poised between documentary and theatrically staged photography. His practice takes everyday occurrences beyond the realm of banality, infusing what would otherwise appear to be insignificant gestures with psychology and emotion. DiCorcia employs photography as a fictive medium capable of creating uncanny, complex realities out of seemingly straightforward compositions. As such, his work is based on the dichotomy between fact and fiction and asks the viewer to question the assumed truths that the photographic image offers.