Lived in New York City (suburban America) and was brought up a Catholic
He wasn't religious but had a Catholic way of arranging objects
Moved to Brooklyn because he didn't like the calmness of the suburbs
Went to the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, where he studied Graphic Arts
Known for his portraits (black and white), used on album covers
Mostly documented Manhattan's gay community and his work was sometimes seen as pornography
He didn't set out to shock, his work was what he personally thought would work well as portraits
The contents of his work are provocative and controversial but the quality is still incredibly high
Some say his work has merged the lines of what's acceptable and of what's not
His work has a cool, distant way of taking portraits but it's still so intimate and personal
He always liked to explore and was always positive towards his work
Experimented with steel knives for lighting
Famous for his opposition concerning sex
Captured sexual violence - the public did not know why it was sexual, there was a certain sexual atmosphere in his work but violence was portrayed very clearly
Nothing in his pictures were setup or new to us, it was already happening outside in the world; he was only capturing these in his pictures
He photographed the life he lived and his work was a statement of the time he lived in
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