Today is dedicated to Joel-Peter Witkin. To the amazing exhibition opening at the Bibliothèque nationale, the two books of his work published for the exhibition and to the recent works on display at the gallery Baudoin Lebon. Four articles were written by Bernard Perrine, and with these a fantastic interview of Joel by Elizabeth Avedon.
A flamboyant creator, incredible story-teller and irresistable liar (his awakening to photography during a car accident that decapitated a little girl whose head fell into his arms probably didn’t exist, but nevermind)’ a hallucinating culture, Joel, who lives in an Albequerque ghetto (on a farm no less) has for 30 years been exploring the relationship between sacred and profane.
Another one was strangely similar: Guy Bourdin.
Jean-Jacques Naudet
