NAME: Joel Peter Witkin
PROFESSION: Photographer
NATIONALITY: American
OFFICIAL WEBSITE: N/A (His work can be viewed) here http://www.edelmangallery.com/witkin.htm
Say what you will about Joel Peter Witkin, he certainly knows how to get your attention. Throughout a career spanning five decades, Joel has constantly strived to provoke and question the notion of what makes an image beautiful, by using all the things we don't associate with beauty. In fact it's more the exact opposite; dismembered body parts, decapitated heads, burn victims... the list goes on. It's not so much the subject, but the context, the composition, when it's right in front of you, it just works. And despite whether or not you agree with that, you can't deny his originality, or ability to shock.
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