The thread running through the pictures selected is the constant oscillation between engagement and estrangement. The result is a specific type of photographic realism that shrinks back from nostalgia, romanticism and sloppy sentimentalism, favouring an observation of reality that is sharp and unadorned. It also avoids the dramatic scenes typical of photographic journalism, preferring more ‘mundane’ subjects such as architecture, objects, places and people.
The shared ambition? In the words of one of their own, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, “to record what, although never really concealed, is rarely noticed”. Among others, the exhibition includes works by Andreas Gursky, William Eggleston, Diane Arbus, William Eggleston and Thomas Ruff.
until 7.9.2003
Cruel and Tender
Tate Modern
Bankside, London SE1 9TG
http://www.tate.org.uk




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