"It is a photographic vision of magnificence... but, magnificence in poverty and pain, in tragedy, of brilliance in ugliness, an aesthetic tour-de-snapshot-force of voyeurism and realism. What should be repelling instead compels... photographs that would be thrown away instead are "limited editions", a feast for the eye's. It is a piece that is towering in it's brute force and bloody brilliant in shear aesthetics and human-tragedy-magnetism." Doug Rickard
This quote is taken from the link above. I find Billingham's photographs extremely fascinating. I love the insight he gives us to someone elses life. I feel like I am being nosey and spying on what they are up to. I think the honesty they show is magic, as normally people pose for photos or act differently if they are aware of a camera in the room. The photos expose a certain type of person, or social class. His work reminds me of Nan Goldin another photographer.
This quote is taken from the link above. I find Billingham's photographs extremely fascinating. I love the insight he gives us to someone elses life. I feel like I am being nosey and spying on what they are up to. I think the honesty they show is magic, as normally people pose for photos or act differently if they are aware of a camera in the room. The photos expose a certain type of person, or social class. His work reminds me of Nan Goldin another photographer.
