Philip-Lorca diCorcia

(American, born 1951)

Philip-Lorca diCorcia is an American photographer whose work encompasses both documentary and staged photography, lending his large-scale color prints a narrative mixture of truth and fiction. “I think it’s a sense of disappointment after realizing that most of the time they’re being lied to,” diCorcia has observed of his audience’s reaction to ambiguous nature of his photographs. “And what medium has a stronger relationship to people’s idea of the truth than one that is supposed to be an accurate representation of reality?” His cinematic approach echoes Gregory Crewdson’s methodology, wherein the artist prepares the shots as if they were scenes in a film, as seen in his series Hustlers. The “dramatizing elements,” as the artist calls them, are what gives his images their narrative power: his subjects are performers whose interior self can differ greatly from their projected selves. Born in 1951 in Hartford, CT, diCorcia studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and received his MFA in 1979 from Yale University. The Museum of Modern Art in New York organized his first solo museum exhibition in 1993, and 20 years later, he was the subject of a major retrospective survey organized by the Schirn Kunsthalle in Frankfurt. He currently lives and works in New York, NY. DiCorcia’s works are held in the collections of the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, among others.

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Philip-Lorca diCorcia Artworks

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Philip-Lorca diCorcia (577 results)
Mexico City, 1998–1998

Philip-Lorca diCorcia

Mexico City, 1998–1998

Sale Date: May 16, 2001

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LA #39, William Charles Everlore, 1990–1992

Philip-Lorca diCorcia

LA #39, William Charles Everlore, 1990–1992

Sale Date: May 15, 2001

Auction Closed

New York, 1997–1997

Philip-Lorca diCorcia

New York, 1997–1997

Sale Date: May 15, 2001

Auction Closed

Untitled, 1994–1994

Philip-Lorca diCorcia

Untitled, 1994–1994

Sale Date: May 15, 2001

Auction Closed

Tokyo, 1998, 1998–1998

Philip-Lorca diCorcia

Tokyo, 1998, 1998–1998

Sale Date: May 15, 2001

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Edward Earle Windsor, 20 years old,..., 1990–1990

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Edward Earle Windsor, 20 years old,..., 1990–1990

Sale Date: April 18, 2001

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Mario, 1978–1978

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Mario, 1978–1978

Sale Date: April 18, 2001

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Ralph Smith, 21 years old, Ft...., 1990–1990

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Ralph Smith, 21 years old, Ft...., 1990–1990

Sale Date: April 18, 2001

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Billy Terry, 31 years old, Los Angeles; , 1990–1992

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Billy Terry, 31 years old, Los Angeles; , 1990–1992

Sale Date: April 18, 2001

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Mary and Babe, 1982–1982

Philip-Lorca diCorcia

Mary and Babe, 1982–1982

Sale Date: November 17, 2000

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Gerald Hughes (AKA Savage Fantasy),..., 1990–1992

Philip-Lorca diCorcia

Gerald Hughes (AKA Savage Fantasy),..., 1990–1992

Sale Date: November 15, 2000

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Tokyo, 1998–1998

Philip-Lorca diCorcia

Tokyo, 1998–1998

Sale Date: November 15, 2000

Auction Closed

William Charles Everlove, 26 years old, , 1991–1992

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William Charles Everlove, 26 years old, , 1991–1992

Sale Date: November 15, 2000

Auction Closed

London, 1996, 1996–1996

Philip-Lorca diCorcia

London, 1996, 1996–1996

Sale Date: November 14, 2000

Auction Closed

Mexico City, 1998–1998

Philip-Lorca diCorcia

Mexico City, 1998–1998

Sale Date: November 14, 2000

Auction Closed

Brian, 1988–1988

Philip-Lorca diCorcia

Brian, 1988–1988

Sale Date: June 30, 2000

Auction Closed

Untitled, 1994–1994

Philip-Lorca diCorcia

Untitled, 1994–1994

Sale Date: May 19, 2000

Auction Closed

Ralph Smith, twenty-one years old, Ft...., 1990–1992

Philip-Lorca diCorcia

Ralph Smith, twenty-one years old, Ft...., 1990–1992

Sale Date: May 18, 2000

Auction Closed

Los Angeles, 1998–1998

Philip-Lorca diCorcia

Los Angeles, 1998–1998

Sale Date: May 17, 2000

Auction Closed

New York (Afternoon delight), 1997–1997

Philip-Lorca diCorcia

New York (Afternoon delight), 1997–1997

Sale Date: May 17, 2000

Auction Closed

Igor and fish, 1988–1988

Philip-Lorca diCorcia

Igor and fish, 1988–1988

Sale Date: November 17, 1999

Auction Closed

Tokyo, 1994–1994

Philip-Lorca diCorcia

Tokyo, 1994–1994

Sale Date: November 17, 1999

Auction Closed

Marilyn; 28 years old; Las Vegas,..., 1990–1992

Philip-Lorca diCorcia

Marilyn; 28 years old; Las Vegas,..., 1990–1992

Sale Date: November 17, 1999

Auction Closed

Untitled, 1994

Philip-Lorca diCorcia

Untitled, 1994

Sale Date: February 23, 1996

Auction Closed

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