Len Prince
Encyclopedia
Len Prince is an American photographer whose work includes celebrity portraiture, fashion
, nudes
, still life
, a flower
series and cityscape
s. Since 2001, his work has increasingly focussed on his collaboration with Jessie Mann, in a partnership which is itself about the act of collaboration, while creating memorable images that combine theatrics, and performance, and ideas.
Fashion photography
Fashion photography is a genre of photography devoted to displaying clothing and other fashion items. Fashion photography is most often conducted for advertisements or fashion magazines such as Vogue, Vanity Fair, or Elle...
, nudes
Nude photography
Nude photography is a style of art photography which depicts the nude human body as a study. Nude photography should be distinguished from glamour photography, which places more emphasis on the model and her/his sexuality, and treats the model as the primary subject. Nude photography should also be...
, still life
Still life photography
Still life photography is the depiction of inanimate subject matter, most typically a small grouping of objects. Still life photography, more so than other types of photography, such as landscape or portraiture, gives the photographer more leeway in the arrangement of design elements within a...
, a flower
Flower
A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants . The biological function of a flower is to effect reproduction, usually by providing a mechanism for the union of sperm with eggs...
series and cityscape
Cityscape
A cityscape is the urban equivalent of a landscape. Townscape is roughly synonymous with cityscape, though it implies the same difference in urban size and density implicit in the difference between the words city and town. In urban design the terms refer to the configuration of built forms and...
s. Since 2001, his work has increasingly focussed on his collaboration with Jessie Mann, in a partnership which is itself about the act of collaboration, while creating memorable images that combine theatrics, and performance, and ideas.
Exhibitions
- Masks & Identity: Len Prince in the Collection of William K. Zewadski, Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, June 12 - August 2, 2008
- Jessie Mann "Self Possessed" Photographs by Len Prince, Danziger Projects, New York, Sept. 9 - Oct. 14, 2006; Adamson Gallery, Washington, DC, Jan. 13 - Feb. 24, 2007
- Prince/Paulson Glam Pop Rock, Mercury Art Works, Athens, GA, Sept. 9 - Nov. 4, 2006