Mediabistro's UnBeige points to the new photography show up at the newly opened Hasted Hunt art gallery in New York City, "VII." VII is a highly-regarded agency of international photographers, including James Nachtwey, Lauren Greenfield, and Ron Haviv. The photographic subject matter ranges from U.S. teens to war torn countries, inside American prisons over to the heart of Baghdad.
The work is from photographers from the agency VII, and a lot of it is pretty difficult. Which is again sort of the point. The theme of the show is conflict, which ranges from a Ron Haviv shot taken in Darfur to a fantastic Lauren Greenfield photo of seventh-graders on their way to a party. Antonin Kratochvil took a horrific photograph of a body with just a skull on it. People complained. His response: There were kids in the picture who had to see it in real life. So kids in real life should have to look at the picture. Then maybe they'll be inspired to do something to stop it.
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OCT 22, 2005 04:33 PM