My book anticorps along with my determination to destroy trivial art, restores art. Antoine dagata gives interview to nastia bird in flight. This happened a lot especially with the last book, ice. Born in marseilles, antoine dagata left france in 1983 and remained overseas for the next ten years. Destroying the line between living and making art, his images are autobiographical, animalistic, and as horrifying as they are beautiful. As an artist, he is most widelyknown for his graphic and intense images some of which can be seen above. His many books include stigma and insomnia images en. His work deals with topics that are often considered taboo, such as addiction, sex, personal obsessions, darkness, and. But during a brief sitdown with lensculture managing editor alexander. Reel truth history documentaries recommended for you. Antoine dagata thinks boredom is worse than a war vice. Antoine dagatas concern is to pare down the photographic act to the need to recount ordinary or extreme experiences. Drugs war interview prostitutes photography cambodia. These are words of photographer antoine dagata who travelled to cambodia in order to find the limits of his own morality, with unconsciousness and desire being the main themes.
This monumental collection of dagatas controversial work is. Famous for his raw, dark imagery, antoine dagata reveals another facet of his creative practice. Antoine dagata has 15 books on goodreads with 120 ratings. Dagata was in town to launch a new exhibition at the kahmann gallery. Interview with photographer antoine d agata youtube. Rather, dagatas striking photographs, films and publications eek out an altogether new ecosystem for self expression. He studied photography at the international center of photography in new york city in 1990, under the tutelage of larry clark and. Interview with antoine dagata part 1 antoine dagata france, 1961 is a magnum photographer exploring the darkest sides of life, with drugfuelled sex binges bleeding over the edges of depravity. An interview with antoine dagata photographs by and. At 29, he moved to new york where he took up photography. Antoine dagata summer workshops 2020 les rencontres darles. Magnum photographer antoine dagata on the subject of home in collaboration with fujifilm, magnum photos is on a major new project exploring the subject of home. Antoine dagata gained world fame with his dark stories about addiction and.
Finding himself in new york in 1990, he pursued an interest in photography by taking. He has published more than a dozen books and three films. Nazis on drugs ww2 documentary history documentary reel truth history duration. We talked to him about photo books, war and prostitutes. Antoine dagata france, 1961 is a magnum photographer exploring the darkest sides of life. Finding himself in new york in 1990, he pursued an interest in photography by taking courses at the international center of photography, where his teachers included larry clark and nan goldin. Sometimes i sell a print or make some books, sometimes i get paid a few euros to. Antoine dagata new york 198993 english and french edition by antoine dagata mar 1, 2017. My images are first and foremost meant to contaminate. An interview with antoine dagata photographs by and interviews. Le bal in paris last summer and a new monograph, anticorps editions xavier barral, which is out now. See more ideas about magnum photos, study photography, french photographers.
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