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Pittsburgh
ist nicht gerade ein Mekka für die erotische Photographie und deshalb
mußte der Künstler Jay Jorgensen auch einige Anstrengungen
unternehmen, um sich diesem Sujet dort intensiv widmen zu können. Mit
seinen Arbeiten empfiehlt sich Jay Jorgensen als Transmitter zwischen
den verschiedenen Vorstellungen und Auffassungen über die Dimension und
das Wesen des Eros. Er vereint in seinen Bildern genauso die Richtung
einer explizit schwulen Ästhetik, wie auch Einflüsse von solch
anerkannten Photographen wie Bruce Weber oder Helmut Newton und formt
daraus seinen eigene Konzeption erotischer Kunst.
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Jay
Jorgensen was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1964. He picked up
his first camera at a very young age and was hooked. Growing up, he
began shooting landscapes and pictures of friends. An early influence
were the beautiful nudes and photographs of dancers by Kenn Duncan in
"After Dark" magazine. "It was one of the few gay-related
magazines that you could just buy on any newsstand," Jorgensen says,
"and it was very important in shaping the way I looked at
photography." Moving to Los Angeles in 1985, Jorgensen's work took
a turn when a friend asked him to take some nudes. "It opened up a
whole new way of expression for me, and I began asking friends to pose
for me. Those early images allowed me a certain intimacy in the images
because of my familiarity with the subjects.
"There was a great renaissance in black-and-white photography about
that time. Herb Ritts, Bruce Weber, Helmut Newton were all publishing
books," continues Jorgensen, "and the images were like none I
had ever seen before. I realized the sky was the limit. Horst and George
Platt Lynes are also two of my favorite photographers and I have learned
a lot by looking at their mastery of shadows.
"Capturing the human body on film allows me to speak with a
vocabulary that I just don't have with words," says Jorgensen.
"When I'm photographing, I leave the color world and step into a
fantasy world of black-and-white shadows. Form and light are the most
important components of my images - but I also love telling stories of
graceful dancers, romantic couples, artists struggling with their art or
whatever ideas I want to explore at the time."
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