Larry Clark
Larry Clark
Lawrence Donald "Larry" Clarkis an American film director, photographer, writer and film producer who is best known for his controversial film Kidsand his photography book Tulsa. His most common subject is youth who casually engage in illegal drug use, underage sex, and violence, and who are part of a specific subculture, such as surfing, punk rock or skateboarding...
ProfessionFilm Producer
Date of Birth19 January 1943
CityTulsa, OK
perfect interesting people
I tell people to frame the picture. Make the greatest, most perfect composition you can . . . and then take a step forward. It skews it a bit and makes it more interesting.
If I want something I do everything to get it.
purpose cameras purity
I just happened to have my camera and be photographing my friends. It was totally innocent; there was no purpose to the photographs. There was a purity to them that wasn’t planned; it was realism.
book people groups
I've always been interested in people that you wouldn't see otherwise. If you look back at my books, photographs, and films-and since I'm doing this retrospective I've been forced to look back-the work is always about a small group of people who are somewhat isolated, and who you would never see if I didn't film or photograph them.
real the-end-of-the-day telling-the-truth
At the end of the day, what I show is real life. I tell the truth. And the truth can be shocking.