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Thinking About Master & Disciple - Joel Peter Witkin — Allison K Rose Photography

One of Joel Peter Witkin’s many published volumes is titled Disciple & Master. Referencing the work of great artists to give his subjects beauty & visibility, Witkin claimed to show the abject & damaged to the world in all their glory. As disciple I have restaged some of his works with antique & broken dolls in an attempt to reinterpret the meanings of the master. My son is ravaged by chronic illness. The dolls for me, are metaphoric of his lost & broken childhood, opportunity…

Artwork Info About the Artist About this Photograph 1997Gelatin silver printSigned, titled, dated, and editioned, in pencil, au verso Printed circa 1997Edition of 6 (#1/6) One of the most provocative photographers of the last 30 years, Witkin’s work has remained at the forefront of celebrating the macabre, making beautiful photographs using antiquated methods. He creates a world filled with disfigured bodies in elaborate allegorical tableaus that never cease to engage and repulse.With his own mo

Artwork Info About the Artist About this Photograph 1997Gelatin silver printSigned, titled, dated, and editioned, in pencil, au verso Printed circa 1997Edition of 6 (#1/6) One of the most provocative photographers of the last 30 years, Witkin’s work has remained at the forefront of celebrating the macabre, making beautiful photographs using antiquated methods. He creates a world filled with disfigured bodies in elaborate allegorical tableaus that never cease to engage and repulse.With his…