Naked hitchhikers: the unknown photography of William A. Rhoads
Naked hitchhikers: the unknown photography of William A. Rhoads
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裸体搭便车者：威廉·A·罗兹 (William A. Rhoads) 的不为人知的摄影作品
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10.1080/23268743.2016.1252161
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2017
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威廉·A·罗兹(William A.Rhoads)是一位热衷于拍摄男性裸体的摄影师，这些裸体大多来自他在20世纪70年代在加州搭便车的人。他的努力是多产的、持续的--而且是秘密的--很可能是为了私人享受而制作和保留的。在罗兹的有生之年，这些照片从未公开展示过。首先，我从其产生和发展的历史和文化背景的角度来看待他的项目；其次，从他的照片构成的分类挑战的角度来看，他的照片与既定的艺术史和色情史有关，这些在20世纪70年代受到了引人注目的质疑。这两种方法都允许人们超越艺术和色情之间的传统美学区别--或者更准确地说，在个人的性爱实践和正式的艺术实践之间--来理解Rhoads。
William A. Rhoads was an avid photographer of male nudes, mostly sourced from hitchhikers he picked up in California in the 1970s. His efforts were prolific and sustained – and secret – and likely made and retained for private enjoyment. The photographs were never shown in public in Rhoads’ lifetime. I approach his project, firstly, from the perspective of its historical and cultural contexts of emergence and development; and secondly in terms of the taxonomic challenges his photographs pose, in relation to established histories of art and pornography, which were being called strikingly into question in the 1970s. Both approaches allow Rhoads to be understood beyond the traditional aesthetic distinction between art and pornography – or more precisely, between a personal, erotic practice and a formal artistic one.