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Hardcore from the Heart: The Pleasures, Profits and Politics of Sex in Performance

Hardcore from the Heart delves into the multifaceted world of sex in performance, analyzing its societal impacts and the various roles it plays in modern culture. more

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Annie Sprinkle
Annie Sprinkle

Annie Sprinkle is a sex educator known for her unique methods in sex education and her contributions to the field. Born on July 23, 1954, she is an active writer, speaker, and artist committed to promoting discussions on sexual health and liberation. more

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“Some of the people who are now manipulating photos, such as Andreas Gursky, make the argument - rightly - that the 'straight' photographs of the 1940s and 50s were no such thing. Ansell Adams would slap a red filter on his lens, then spend three days burning and dodging in the dark room, making his prints. That's a manipulation. Even the photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson, with all due respect to him, are notoriously burned and dodged.”

“Photography has always been capable of manipulation. Even more subtle and more invidious is the fact that any time you put a frame to the world, it's an interpretation. I could get my camera and point it at two people and not point it at the homeless third person to the right of the frame, or not include the murder that's going on to the left of the frame. You take 35 degrees out of 360 degrees and call it a photo. There's an infinite number of ways you can do this: photographs have always been authored.”