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Danse macabre

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Joel-Peter Witkinss photograph, Who Naked Is, a meditation about death which shows an Everyman skeleton with a balance, does not depict good and evil only. It also is partly about what sustenance is, what food is. It is alive, but dies, then becomes part of something that is alive once more. The photograph is a mystery. There were technical problems in creating it. A medical assistant was required to suspend the skeleton. Witkin often on purpose distorts what he photographs. He wants to show something that heals.

Death, Death in art

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Duane Michals

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Photographer Duane Michals' work is often comprised of photographic sequences accompanied by hand-written text, suggesting the importance of storytelling in his work. He is exploring the literary influences in his work by publishing "Salute, Walt Whitman," a book that pairs Whitman's poetry and Michals' photography. Gay subject matter is more openly addressed in Michals' work than it is in Whitman's poetry. Michals continues to contribute to his work-in-progress "Questions without Answers."

Influence, Works, Homosexuality, Whitman, Walt, Michals, Duane

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