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Philip-Lorca diCorcia — Eric Hutsell, 27 Years Old, Southern California, $20
Philip-Lorca diCorcia

Eric Hutsell, 27 Years Old, Southern California, $20

A staged yet eerily documentary photograph depicting a young man named Eric Hutsell, a hustler from Southern California who was paid twenty dollars to be photographed. DiCorcia's signature use of cinematic lighting transforms an intimate and transactional encounter into a visually dramatic tableau, blurring the line between reality and fiction. The work is part of diCorcia's acclaimed *Hustlers* series, in which he hired male sex workers and recorded their fee in the title, raising questions about commerce, identity, and the nature of photography itself.

Medium
Dye destruction print from

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May 8, 2014

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Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Eric Hutsell, 27 Years Old, Southern California, $20

A staged yet eerily documentary photograph depicting a young man named Eric Hutsell, a hustler from Southern California who was paid twenty dollars to be photographed. DiCorcia's signature use of cinematic lighting transforms an intimate and transactional encounter into a visually dramatic tableau, blurring the line between reality and fiction. The work is part of diCorcia's acclaimed *Hustlers* series, in which he hired male sex workers and recorded their fee in the title, raising questions about commerce, identity, and the nature of photography itself.

Medium
Dye destruction print from
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Cinematic Lighting, Color Photography, Male Artist, Dye Destruction Print, Prostitution Series, Portraiture, American Photographer, Late 20th Century, Contemporary Art, Street Photography, Urban Subjects, Staged Documentary

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