Showing posts with label Bill Costa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bill Costa. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 27, 2024

Bill Costa Day II

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Today I'm posting my second series on the work of Bill Costa.  The image above is the cover  of one of several books featuring the work ...
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Delicate

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The contrast between the rough machinery and the model's body is the obvious source  of Bill Costa's title for this photo, His Torso...
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Day at the Beach

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 For some reason, the alignment of the picnic basked, the model, and the football appeal to me.
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Nude in Front of Window

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This is hands down my favorite of the day.  We get a silhouette, shadow, and backlighting . . .  all in the same image.  The little glow on ...
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I don't know if Mr. Costa was referring to the model's body, the task he was doing,  or both when he titled this photo What Glorious...
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Modified Flandrin

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We get a different take on the classic Flandrin motif,  both in terms of the model and the picture on the wall. Somewhat unusually for Bill ...
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The Crucifix has a jarring juxtaposition of Christ's front side and the model's backside.  
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Embraced

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The title of this photo, To Be Embraced by the Calm, seems a bit paradoxical, given that the setting is a wrecked building in New York.  
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The Bath

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Bill Costa did The Bath as an homage to Paul Cadmus.  
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Dreaming

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Our final Bill Costa photograph is one he called Dreaming Is Nursed in Darkness.  
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Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Bill Costa

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This is a cropped version of Bill Costa's "Boy by a Waterfall," and it sets the scene for tomorrows series.  
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Saturday, February 17, 2024

Bill Costa, 1944-1995

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Bill Costa (1944-1995) was raised in Massachusetts and educated at an art college there , but  moved to New York for a corporate job.  At ag...
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Robert

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Bill Costa called this 1983 photo simply Robert-NYC.  
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Garden

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The Gardener is another example of Bill Costa's "Ruins of New York" phase.  
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Frank

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Bill Costa called this one Frank in the Country, Cropped, but it looks like it was taken in a ruined New York tenement.  
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Sean

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1989 is the date for this picture called Sean.  
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When I see him . . .

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This moody piece from 1988 is called When I See Him Lying Naked.  
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Abandoned

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Here we have 1984's Abandoned on My Bed.  
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Sentinel

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This one is I Am the Sentinel at the Gate of the Sleep of Others, undated.  
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1980

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This untitled Bill Costa work looks like Fort Lauderdale about 1980.  
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