Fascinating work: I really love the sculptural, textured bronze-like finish he gets on his subjects. I wonder if he achieves that with some combo of makeup and gelled lighting? It's a look I'd love to try to duplicate.
Regarding the controversy. Some folks are always going to interpret ones intentions in the worst possible light. He's a brave man to ignore the current "underage" sensitivities and use teens as subjects--a guarantee of raised eyebrows at best or police action, as happened before. He's no David Hamilton; I see not even mild eroticism in his images. I wonder if the granny with the walker in your one shot came down hoping to be outraged? I can't tell whether she looks disturbed or is just concentrating in your picture. Everyone else seemed to be enjoying themselves very much. Thanks for the report, Derby! On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 7:51 AM, Derby Chang <der...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > > Went to the Bill Henson opening tonight. Hands down, the best show I've been > to all year. > > For those who don't know, four years ago, there was a controversy > surrounding Henson's work, resulting in the NSW Police confiscating Henson's > photographs just before his show was to open. Charges were all dismissed, > but it has been touchy subject since. Last weekend, the Sydney Morning > Herald published a thoughtful piece that is worth the read. > > http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/body-issues-20120913-25taz.html > > I'm glad I live in a place that can have these debates can take place (Hetty > Johnston's rebuttal had a special highlight box around it in today's > Herald). > > My humble pics from tonight (there are some NSFW) > > http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/12/12_09/12_09_henson/index.htm > > -- > > der...@iinet.net.au > http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.