The Cheap Effect
Back to the beginning Thomas Ruff, Portrait, 1991
Seeing is... Nancy Burson, Human Race Machine, 1999
...believing Nancy Burson, He/She, 1997
Authenticity vs Ambiguity The Moorman Polaroid, 1961
Authenticity vs Ambiguity Spoof pictures of the WTC attacks, 2001
Authenticity vs context Lenin speaking to the troups, 1924
Authenticity vs context The same picture as original, ca. 1920
Authenticity vs context Original Photograph of Stalin and Comrades by Nikolai Schwernik, 1926
Authenticity vs context From the book History of the Soviet Union, 1940
Authenticity vs context From a biography, 1949
Authenticity vs context Painting by Isaac Brodsky, 1929
Authenticity... Bob Jackson, Shooting of Lee H. Oswald, 1961
... and Irony An alternative take by George Mahlberg
Authenticity and Irony Olivier Chételat, The amazing Fishermen-, Dog- and Toyota-Show, 2000
Authenticity and Irony Original Tourist of Death photograph, 2001
Authenticity as a story vehicle Woody Allen, Zelig, 1983 and Robert Zemeckis, Forrest Gump, 2000
Authenticity as a story vehicle Stephen Spielberg, Jurassic Park, 1993
Authenticity as a story vehicle Scenes from Matrix Reloaded, 2003
Artificial authenticity Synthetic Face Creation, Volker Blanz, Universität Tübingen, 1998
Artificial authenticity Synthetic Face Creation, Volker Blanz, Universität Tübingen, 1998
Another authentic approach David Hockney,1982
Another authentic approach David Hockney,1982
Another authentic approach David Hockney, 1983
Another authentic approach Unknown kinetic photograph, ca. 2000
Merging different layers of reality Nancy Burson, Various Morphing Experiments, 1982-1985
Merging different layers of reality Herbert Beyer, Poster, ca. 1935
Merging different layers of reality El Lissitzky, Portrait of Kurt Schwitters, 1927
Merging different layers of reality Dziga Vertov, The Camera Eye, 1932
Narratives Lászlo Moholy-Nagy, Posters, 1927-28
Narratives Richard Hamilton, Interior II, 1964
Narratives hi-res.net, The Center of the World, Website, 2000
Narratives hi-res.net, The Center of the World, Website, 2000
Narratives hi-res.net, The Center of the World, Website, 2000
Narratives John Baldessari, 1984
The reinvasion of paint John Baldessari, Painting, ca. 1980
The reinvasion of paint John Baldessari, 1984
The reinvasion of paint M/M, Yamamoto Summer Catalogue, 1999
The reinvasion of paint Christian Vogt, Polaroid, 1987
The reinvasion of paint Andy Warhol, Electric Chair, 1971
Destruction Andy Warhol, Flowers, 1964
Destruction Painted-over communist party member photos, from the book 10 years Usbekistan, 1937
Destruction Stills from the opening to the Movie Seven, 1996
Elimination as abstraction Richard Hamilton, Ghosts of UFA, 1994
Elimination as abstraction Statedesign, Trailer for Onedotzero 4, 1998
Photo-Graphic spaces Saul Bass, Opening Animation for Vertigo, 1958
Photo-Graphic spaces El Lissitzky, Der Konstrukteur, 1924, Cover for the Guide for the Vchutemas, 1927
Photo-Graphic spaces Alexander Rodchenko, Books, 1925
Photo-Graphic spaces Flyer, Royal Academy of Art, London, 2000
Photo-Graphic spaces Gerd Kilian, 1932
Photo-Graphic spaces Emigré Magazine, 1990
Photo-Graphic spaces John Webber, 1991
Photo-Graphic spaces hi-res.net, Requiem for a Dream, Website, 2000
Photo-Graphic spaces hi-res.net, Requiem for a Dream, Website, 2000
Photo-Graphic spaces Cornel Windin, 2000
Meta-Realities Interface Sketch, 2002
Meta-Realities Cornell Windin, Poster, 2000
Meta-Realities Promotional Postcard for NY furniture store Moss, 2000
Meta-Realities Psyops Studios, Cowflow trailer, 1999
Meta-Realities Statedesign, Trailer for Onedotzero 6, 2000