“Red,” 2002, by Thomas Allen.
All photos © Thomas Allen
Manly men grappling in bare-knuckled knockdowns; sultry vixens scratching each other’s eyes out; lonely gunslingers drawing first and asking questions later: these are the wicked and fanciful visions of photographer and designer Thomas Allen, whose amazing work I encountered a few years ago in a New York gallery. Allen’s hot-house characters have now returned, thankfully, in book form. Uncovered: Photographs by Thomas Allen (Aperture) collects 27 of his photos in a compact volume of thick board pages, like a child’s picture book, that perfectly complements the artist’s playful pop-up sensibility. The rogues and femme fatales of Allen’s world are literally cut out of pulp paperbacks and other kitschy tomes, suggestively arranged, and then shot in shallow focus on tabletops, with no post-camera manipulation. Funny, provocative, wildly creative—this one’s going to be a holiday gift no-brainer.
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30 Responses to “Pulp Perfection”
NeUs @ 2007-10-17 07:28:31 AM says:
hola…quería avisar de que existe un fotolog en el cual se critica de muy malas formas otros fotologs y los propietarios de estos.
Mi fotolog no ha sido criticado pero si el de una amiga.
aquí les dejo la dirección de dicho fotolog para que lo revisen:
http://www.fotolog.com/niunonidos
dejo aquí este mensaje porque no sabía donde acudir.
GRACIAS
superaciionn @ 2007-10-17 11:29:38 AM says:
que original! nunca se me habia ocurrido!
superaciionn @ 2007-10-17 11:37:10 AM says:
yo puedo tener mi daily f’log?
Srta.Cukie____x' @ 2007-10-17 02:21:02 PM says:
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vir_rgao @ 2007-10-17 03:43:39 PM says:
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llarlet @ 2007-10-17 04:35:02 PM says:
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karlita__00 @ 2007-10-17 07:18:04 PM says:
haaa…. ta buena la foto
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noelia @ 2007-10-17 08:31:58 PM says:
wena onda!(;
noni_papercat @ 2007-10-17 08:32:33 PM says:
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noni_papercat @ 2007-10-17 08:33:34 PM says:
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Srta.Cukie____x' @ 2007-10-18 01:58:56 PM says:
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Srta.Cukie____x' @ 2007-10-18 01:59:43 PM says:
Srta.Cukie____x' @ 2007-10-18 02:00:27 PM says:
quiien quiiera pasarse claro ( :
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Angela @ 2007-10-18 02:26:46 PM says:
muuy buena
CECILIA @ 2007-10-18 03:11:48 PM says:
HOLA SOY CECLIA NO CACHO EL FOTO LOG
doples @ 2007-10-18 04:57:34 PM says:
hola soy de mexico es impresionante lo que haces me gustaria poder conversar algun dia contigo nos vemos saludos
Joelit0-->j03l.jc@hotmail.com @ 2007-10-18 05:09:03 PM says:
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si kieren unas io las hago…
Bye….
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p0laka @ 2007-10-18 06:45:42 PM says:
que raro el log pero me gusto….
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xaus….
lady blue @ 2007-10-19 11:30:02 AM says:
muy bello log
felicitaciones
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Lucy @ 2007-10-20 08:52:15 AM says:
This picture is very original, but is sencille.
http://www.fotolog.com/chico_campos @ 2007-10-20 09:48:53 AM says:
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cm @ 2007-10-20 10:25:33 AM says:
majo el flog
http://www.fotolog.com/mil_deformados @ 2007-10-20 10:26:37 AM says:
mola pero un poco soso
brendaa @ 2007-10-20 11:47:07 AM says:
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PERRITALINDI @ 2007-10-20 02:11:39 PM says:
ESTA BUENO MI PANXO LO AMO MIL EL LO SAVE SIS SI
Diogo @ 2007-10-20 02:53:02 PM says:
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Ariel @ 2007-10-20 06:05:44 PM says:
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danyyy ;D @ 2007-10-20 11:39:28 PM says:
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Lain de macias @ 2007-10-21 11:09:41 AM says:
So nice, so rare
haks @ 2007-10-21 02:02:39 PM says:
buenas imagenes!
exelentes!
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