Jeffrey Silverthorne

Résumé du livre

... His first professional step devoted to photography began with a self-initiated study of the morgue. He calls the series "Listen..." or "Morgue Work", and from 1972 to 1974 Silverthorne engaged in a one-way dialogue with death. He was led to this theme partly by a flippant remark made by Diane Arbus. When asked at a lecture why she didn't take photographs during a visit to the morgue, Arbus replied, "It was because nothing very interesting was there." Silverthorne reacted in disbelief and took up the challenge. ...