Sam Wagstaff told Clarence John Laughlin that if he bought something he owned it. He could hang it on his own wall, stick it in a box under his bed, use it as a coaster, scale it out the window — it was his, to do with as he pleased. […]
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Sam Wagstaff told Clarence John Laughlin that if he bought something he owned it. He could hang it on his own wall, stick it in a box under his bed, use it as a coaster, scale it out the window — it was his, to do with as he pleased. […] January 15th, 2017 | Tags: Adie Suehsdorff, Albert Squillace, Clarence John Laughlin, Emanuel Navaretta, Jerry Mason, Max Waldman, Ridge Press, Sam Wagstaff | Category: Analog Photography, Book Publishing, Personal History, Photo History | 5 comments To my surprise, I’ve ended up appreciating this film. It’s distant enough in time to take a measured, meditative look at this cultural moment. The Culture Wars constituted one of the rare moments in American history in which photographs and photography took center stage in the national consciousness. It was the medium’s most “teachable moment” to date. If I wanted to take a class of students back to that moment, to teach it myself again today some two decades down the line, I might well start with this movie. […] July 30th, 2009 | Tags: censorship, Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center (CAC), Culture Wars, Dennis Barrie, docudrama, erotic photography, Institute for Contemporary Art, Robert Mapplethorpe, Sam Wagstaff, sexual photography | Category: Film Reviews | 5 comments |
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