Philip-Lorca diCorcia

The second set to of pictures shown at the Whitechapel, entitled Two Hours, derived from the situation in which the unseen photographer set up a flash light in a street in Havana and sequentially recorded the scene and the passers-by over two hour period. The mixture of natural and artificial light and the selective editing of the images by the photographer bestow on each image a sense of dramatic intensity. With sustained looking and interrogation the viewer is drawn into interpretation of the stories and relationships of those momentarily caught in the streetscape.

"Two Hours"
Copyright Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York and Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
For educational purposes only.