photography of Jill Greenberg

[dirtylibrarian]

When I saw reproductions of Greenberg's Monkey Portraits, I knew I had to check it out. And I just love them. I'm a big fan of portraiture, and these really capture the personalities and emotional states of their subjects in an amazing way.

But then, as I researched them for this blog (and my awesome new monkey icons) I saw she has also done a set called End Times of young children crying. Be sure to read the titles, they really add to the photos. Distressing, and amazing stuff.

Comments

[holyoutlaw.livejournal.com]

The End Times pictures were very controversial when she had a show at an LA gallery last year about this time. I think they're very hard to look at myself. Distressing and challenging.

[dirtylibrarian.livejournal.com]

I think anytime there is art that makes one uncomfortable (aside from blatantly violent or exploitive...which I suppose some might consider this) it is worth examining. Finding that fine line between uncomfortable and exploitive/cheap-shock-value though is very tricky.

I would love to see her art all big and on the walls!