Richard Kern Livres

New York Girls, first released in 1995, and published by TASCHEN Books in 1996, defined a time, a place, and the raw esthetic of the artist Richard Kern. Kern was a leading figure in the 1980s Cinema of Transgression, director of the iconic films You Killed Me First, Fingered and Submit to Me Now; producer of Sonic Youth’s “Death Valley ’69” and…

Focusing on the intersection of technology and language, this book examines the impact of digital advancements on communication and literacy. It delves into how technological tools shape our language use, alter literacy practices, and influence societal interactions. Through various perspectives, it highlights the evolving relationship between language and technology, making it essential for understanding contemporary communication dynamics.

One of the first, and still the most popular series on the internet video site VBS was "Shot by Kern," a concept dreamed up by then editor-in-chief Jesse Pierson to roust photographer Richard Kern from his New York environs and have him shoot women Kern-style around the world. This title presents some 300 of these photographs.

A former heroin addict himself, Kern?s photos offer the opportunity to stare into the far more insidious face of contemporary prescription drug addiction. On the genesis of the project, Kern has said, ?A woman working for me a few years ago told me that she was very jittery because she had taken too much Adderall. When I asked her about taking meds, she said that all of her friends took them too.? The resulting images?young women in their underwear holding up their pill bottles (Valium and Klonopin, but also Relpax, a treatment for migraines) and birth control packets against a background of their own cozily haphazard bathrooms and bedrooms?fall somewhere between scenes of confession and screen grabs from a YouTube tutorial.