Sam Samore

Sam Samore is known not only for his photographs but also for his radical retelling of traditional stories, fairy tales, and great works of literature. As a storyteller, Samore changes characters' sexual identities, redirects their desire, and weaves wild incidents into the narrative -- disrupting the moral fixity of historical forms. As the author himself states, he "can take the stories and rewrite them over and over, using a multitude of possibilities".

Fairy Tales

Sumptuous Fire of the Stars

P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center

The Suicidist, 1973 ; The Suicidist (continued), 2003-.

Gianni Jetzer

Jules Spinatsch

Jules Spinatsch's answer to the traditional distinction between applied & free photography can best be described as a cheerful "do-as-you-please" approach. His independent works express his personal artistic beliefs: they are keen-sighted & probingly experimental, capturing atmospheric moments of Spinatsch's immediate surroundings. His images are of an enthralling beauty, & in his close-ups Spinatsch conveys the relevance & charm of minute details. In his series We Will Never Be So Close Again he portrays motorists snoozing at the wheel--images that border on the ethereal. Brand New Animals deals with the artistic depiction of nature, which Spinatsch introduces to the reader as an alternative world.

Sam Samore

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