Looker

By Richard Kern

If the model is the exhibitionist, then I am the voyeur.--Richard Kern Richard Kern is a post-modernist punk photographer who has worked in New York city rock music and "No Wave" art circles since the 1970s. In Looker , through a series of carefully constructed vignettes, Kern's models proceed through their daily private lives, seemingly unaware of the camera. Or are they wittingly playing into the obvious cinematic intrigue? The balance of control present in each frame is a powerful and sensual statement. Looker is thought-provoking in its gentle nature, pastoral tones, and caring reflection of private innocence--but it is also freshly and stunningly erotic, silently exuberant in its portrayal of intimacy and abandon. Richard Kern's photographs are a peek into a world of mystery and eroticism.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810995301
• ISBN13: 9780810995307
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Abrams
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.9" x 0.8" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

Very Well Done

This Is A Tastefully Done Look Into Voyeurism Without Any Creepy Thrown In. These Are Images Often Thougt About, But Not Captured By Photography. Bravo !

Kern

Do you belive in magic? Richard Kern is an genres! He is very special in erotic photo. He is very alone in the way of work. He is unique!

an erotic photography classic

This is a book that anyone interested in photography will enjoy -- the images are playful, inventive and genuinely erotic, wittily toying with our expectations and luring us in with every page. It's also one of the most beautifully produced photo books I've seen in recent years. A real hit.