Saturday, 28 April 2012

John Stezaker

John Stezaker (like Daniel Gordon) rips up the usual idea of the photograph. These images are obviously untrue and they give a different, disturbing image of modern culture. He slices and splices pictures from magazines and postcards, classic publicity shots of film stars - making hybrid faces that combine male and female faces. It's surreal and grotesque, but there's still a sense of glamour - and this reordering of photographic truth appeals to me.