Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Los Angeles

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Artist Philip-Lorca diCorcia (American, born 1953)American, born 1953

CultureAmerican

Titles

Los Angeles
from the series Streetwork, 1997-1998

Date1998

PlaceLos Angeles, California, United States

MediumChromogenic print

DimensionsImage: 25 9/16 × 37 13/16 in. (65 × 96.1 cm)
Mount: 29 15/16 × 39 7/8 in. (76 × 101.3 cm)
Frame: 37 1/8 × 49 1/8 × 2 in. (94.3 × 124.8 × 5.1 cm)

Credit LineThe Target Collection of American Photography, museum purchase funded by Target Stores, The Manfred Heiting Collection

Object number2002.887

Not on view

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Department

Photography

Special Collections

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

Description

Philip-Lorca diCorcia’s early
fashion work made him a cult icon, though in the past decade and a half he has
concentrated on street photography. DiCorcia distinguishes himself from
previous generations of street photographers in his methodology: extrapolating
the theatrical quality obtained from his fashion work, he sets up flash
lighting at selected locations on average city streets, and then photographs
passersby as they walk under the lights. This creates a hyperreality that
vividly suspends urban life.

Provenance[Manfred Heiting, Malibu, California]; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited "Target Collection of American Photography: A Century in Pictures",
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston December 3 - February 25, 2007
Austin Museum of Art May 19 - August 12, 2007

"Ruptures and Continuities: Photography Made after 1960 from the MFAH Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Brown Foundation Galleries, February 21 - May 9, 2010.

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