In Persson’s jittery images, a fanged Dracula materialises on the dance floor at Halloween, along with Lady Godiva on a white horse. A figure swathed in bandages might have escaped from an emergency ward, or perhaps from an Egyptian sarcophagus. On the sidelines, deputising for photographic voyeur, hover Warhol with his tape recorder, and the glum, gnomic Truman Capote, concealing his inquisitorial gaze behind dark glasses. -- Peter Conrad ― The Guardian
And this is also where the best photographs take place. Persson, in his introduction, mentions that to “catch movement on the dance floor,” he developed a specific way of taking pictures, using a flash on his subjects while leaving the shutter open for 30 seconds. This technique creates a spotlight on his subjects, where faces tended to be in focus while the bodies around them are a blurred whirl. While Persson takes credit for the technique, it was certainly something that existed in street photography, even to a certain degree in paparazzi photographs of the period. But there’s no doubt that Persson’s club images, like wild action-paintings come to life, buzzing with exuberant energy, form a template for the kind of photographs that proliferate on the Internet. Take a look at any party photographer from the last four decades, and their images certainly bare the mark of Persson’s photographs, even if they don’t realize it. -- Craig Hubert ― Artinfo
出版社 : Max Stroem 言語 : 英語 本の長さ : 215ページ ISBN-10 : 9171263292 ISBN-13 : 978-9171263292 商品の重量 : 454 g 寸法 : 25.4 x 1.27 x 30.48 cm