Untitled
Date1993
Mediumblack and white photograph
DimensionsImage: 14 × 11 inches (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
Image (Sight): 13 1/4 × 8 11/16 inches (33.7 × 22.1 cm)
Matted: 20 × 16 inches (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Portfolio/Series"Printed Matter Photography Portfolio 1. Portraits"
Credit LineGift of Zoë and Joel Dictrow.
Object number2012.12.5
Copyright© 1994. Larry Clark; Image courtesy of the artist and Luhring Augustine, New York.
The images and text contained on this page are owned by Telfair Museums or used by the Museum with permission from the owners. Unauthorized reproduction, transmission or display of these materials is prohibited with the exception of items deemed “fair use” as defined by U.S. and international copyright laws.Label TextThe notion of childhood innocence is called into question by the images taken by photographer and filmmaker Larry Clark, who first became notorious for his publication Tulsa (1971). That book of photographs revolved around the hedonistic lifestyle commonplace among his suburban friends in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Clark’s photographs frequently contradicted ideas that children raised away from urban life did not participate in dangerous or promiscuous behavior. This untitled photograph from 1993 is not overt in the manner of much of his other work but does show a shirtless young man, angled toward the camera and looking directly at the viewer. This photograph was taken two years before Clark’s film about coming-of-age in New York City titled Kids (1995), which shocked audiences with its frank portrayal of teenage sexuality and drug use.
