Antoine dagata may seem like any other photographer on paper. Antoine dagata gained world fame with his dark stories about addiction and. My images are first and foremost meant to contaminate. I know you have published numerous books and i wonder if the. He studied photography at the international center of photography in new york city in 1990, under the tutelage of larry clark and. His many books include stigma and insomnia images en. Famous for his raw, dark imagery, antoine dagata reveals another facet of his creative practice. Sometimes i sell a print or make some books, sometimes i get paid a few euros to. At 29, he moved to new york where he took up photography. Destroying the line between living and making art, his images are autobiographical, animalistic, and as horrifying as they are beautiful. Antoine dagatas concern is to pare down the photographic act to the need to recount ordinary or extreme experiences. Le bal in paris last summer and a new monograph, anticorps editions xavier barral, which is out now.
Finding himself in new york in 1990, he pursued an interest in photography by taking courses at the international center of photography, where his teachers included larry clark and nan goldin. Hello select your address best sellers deals store help new releases coupons gift ideas gift cards home deals store help new releases coupons gift ideas gift cards home. Interview with antoine dagata part 1 antoine dagata france, 1961 is a magnum photographer exploring the darkest sides of life, with drugfuelled sex binges bleeding over the edges of depravity. Drugs war interview prostitutes photography cambodia. See more ideas about magnum photos, photographer portfolio and photography. These are words of photographer antoine dagata who travelled to cambodia in order to find the limits of his own morality, with unconsciousness and desire being the main themes. Rather, dagatas striking photographs, films and publications eek out an altogether new ecosystem for self expression.
See more ideas about magnum photos, study photography, french photographers. Nazis on drugs ww2 documentary history documentary reel truth history duration. But during a brief sitdown with lensculture managing editor alexander. Antoine dagata gives interview to nastia bird in flight. He has published more than a dozen books and three films. As an artist, he is most widelyknown for his graphic and intense images some of which can be seen above. Antoine dagata new york 198993 english and french edition by antoine dagata mar 1, 2017.
Magnum photographer antoine dagata on the subject of home in collaboration with fujifilm, magnum photos is on a major new project exploring the subject of home. This happened a lot especially with the last book, ice. This monumental collection of dagatas controversial work is. I must share this, maybe its too long for this times i dont know, with sound and all, totally unedited, but i love it just like that. Antoine dagata thinks boredom is worse than a war vice. Antoine dagata has 15 books on goodreads with 120 ratings. An interview with antoine dagata photographs by and. Antoine dagata ice french edition 9782849952054 by antoine dagata and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. Dagata was in town to launch a new exhibition at the kahmann gallery. Born in marseilles, antoine dagata left france in 1983 and remained overseas for the next ten years. My book anticorps along with my determination to destroy trivial art, restores art.
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