Harsh Light

There’s a specific kind of energy in his photographs—the casual cruelty of fashion, the way models look tired and bored and gorgeous and used all at once. The style defined a moment: flash photography, harsh light, the aesthetic of someone who treated the shoot like he was doing everyone a favor. For a long time, that worked. Then the stories came out. Now when you look at the images, you look differently, or you don’t look at them at all. The work doesn’t change. Your ability to separate what you see from who made it does.