- Paperback: 448 pages
- Publisher: Goliath Books (August 2000)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 3980587649
- ISBN-13: 978-3980587648
- Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 14.1 x 3.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 930 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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About the Author
Charles Gatewood was educated at the University of Missouri as a cultural anthropologist, and discovered photography there. In 1964 he moved to Sweden to explore socialism and escape the Vietnam War. Gatewood returned to America in 1966 to launch one of the most unusual careers in the history of photography. He worked as a photojournalist, shooting rock musicians for Rolling Stone, social problems for Saturday Review and protests for the New York Times. "I've worked," he says,"for everyone from Time and Business Week to sex magazines and textbook publishers." Gatewood's first important exhibition took place in 1972 at Manhattan's Light Gallery. Since that time he has had over thirty acclaimed solo shows in the major cultural centers of Europe and North America, as well as Australia. Each of his eight books of photographs has been culturally provocative, from Sidetripping, with William Burroughs (Strawberry Hill Books, 1975) through Primitives (R. Mutt Press, 1992) which was the advance for the international Modern Primitives movement. He has won numerous awards and fellowships, including the prestigious Leica Medal of Excellence for Outstanding Achievement in Humanistic Photojournalism for Wall Street (R. Mutt Press, 1984)
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Work is either hit or miss though varied greatly in scope,
By Motorcycleboy (Hollywood) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Badlands (Paperback)
Chuck Gatewood has been one of the principle documentors of the social and sexual "fringes." By and large, he's the guy that goes to "mysterious" places that you, yourself wouldn't know about to photograph some fairly "strange" people who do "dirty" things to themselves and each other. For some time now he has provided many a glimpse into a world that is unknown to most, and allowed his audience to view this odd, insatiable world at a "safe" distance within the context of "art.""Badlands" is an anthology which means it's like the Frito-Lay Variety Pack of Gatewood's work. SOME of it I find to be utterly compelling, visceral, provocative and sublime. And SOME of it I find to be downright contrived, silly, reactionary and obvious. (Sometimes he, as well as the people he photographs leave an impression of just trying too damn hard to freak-out the "normal" people. "Look at me! I'm sooooo BAD!!!") In all honesty, I bought this book because I used to date the girl on the cover. The idea of taking this book off the shelf and being able to say, "See her? I DATED her! She's NUTS!" appealed to me. And I have a few other friends contained within its' pages. Otherwise I would have skipped it. But you should buy it because it's not a bad book.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Haunting Images: work of art,
By A Customer
This review is from: Badlands (Paperback)
Each photo in this book speaks "A thousand words". From the classic photo of Bob Dylan to the hauntingly beautiful raven haired "vampire" beauty on page 418. This book also expresses a tongue-n-cheek sence of humor. It is reminiscent of the Weimar Rebublic of the 1920's. A brigade of debauchery! A collection of social history and sexual diversity. It tells a story of people who need not ask for appologies or excuses.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Provacative, intelligent, beautiful, crazy, sexy, fun.,
By KatintheHat "KatintheHat" (United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Badlands (Paperback)
With this book Gatewood proves himself to be the undisputed master of documenting America's often perverse alternative counterculture. This book is a mixture of cultural anthropology, daring photojournalism, and cutting-edge erotica. It is a retrospective of his work, beginning with early '60s portraits of Bob Dylan, Alan Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs; then takes us through the sexual puberty of New York City in the '70s, it's undoing in Wall Street in the '80s, and brings us into the present with beautiful and haunting photos of the freaks of San Francisco, New York, and LA: e.g. "slave kas" is seen in '90s San Francisco, an eerie but inviting grin on her face as she pulls off her tight vinyl corsette, highlighted by a heart painted on her pierced breasts with blood. This book is a glimpse, nay, so well done, an invitation to a world that few of us ever get to see. This is a conversation starter for sure, and an enduring and timeless book of art.
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