Joel-Peter Witkin (born September 13, 1939) is an American photographer who lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His work often deals with themes such as death, corpses (and sometimes dismembered portions thereof), and various outsiders such as people with dwarfism, transgender and intersex persons, as well as physically deformed people. Witkin’s complex tableaux often recall religious episodes or classical paintings.
Table of Contents
- 1 Biography
- 1.1 Witkin
- 1.2 Witkin and Witkin
- 1.3 Joel-Peter Witkin: Vanitas (ARBOR VITAE)
- 1.4 Harm's Way by Joel Peter Witkin (1994-10-31)
- 1.5 Joel-Peter Witkin Forty Photographs
- 1.6 Jerome Witkin & Joel-Peter Witkin: Twin Visions (JACK RUTBERG FI)
- 1.7 Joel-Peter Witkin
- 1.8 Photo Poche, No. 49: Joel-Peter Witkin
- 1.9 Harms Way: Lust & Madness, Murder & Mayhem : A Book of Photographs
- 1.10 JOEL-PETER WITKIN PHOTO POCHE N°49
Biography
Witkin was born to a Jewish daddy and Roman Catholic mother. His twin brother, Jerome Witkin, and son Kersen Witkin, are afterward painters. Witkin’s parents divorced similar to he was minor because they were unable to overcome their religious differences[citation needed]. He attended grammar assistant professor at Saint Cecelia’s in Brooklyn and went on to Grover Cleveland High School. In 1961 Witkin enlisted in the United States Army later than the mean of capturing stroke photography during the Vietnam war. However, due to scheduling conflicts, Witkin never saw engagement in Vietnam. Witkin spent his military grow old at Fort Hood, Texas, and was mostly in proceedings of Public Information and classified photos. In 1967, he became the approved photographer for City Walls Inc. He attended Cooper Union in New York, where he studied sculpture, attaining a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1974. Columbia University contracted him a scholarship for graduate school, but his Master of Fine Arts degree is from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque
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Last update 2021-08-06