Posts Tagged ‘Phillip Toledano’
Toledano’s faces
02Mar12
Phillip Toledano, from Gamers, 2003 Phillip Toledano is an enterprising photographer from the U.S. I recently posted about his satirical project America, the Gift Shop. The startling image above is from a series on emotion and facial expression. It looks like someone inflicting pain, or receiving it. Could it have been shot in a gym, where […]
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Tags: close up portrait, faces showing stress, Gamers, Phillip Toledano, photographs of game players, portraits of play
Toledano’s toy
31Jan12
Phillip Toledano, Abu Ghraib Bobble-head figurine, 2008 This item is atrocious isn’t it? The worst possible taste – a toy figure celebrating a photograph of torture. Its creator, Phillip Toledano, made it as part of an installation on the disasters of the Bush presidency, now thankfully behind us: “AMERICA THE GIFT SHOP is an installation […]
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Tags: Abu Ghraib Bphoto, Abu Ghraib figurine, Abu Ghraib toy, AMERICA THE GIFT SHOP, Phillip Toledano, photo sculpture
