Vile Bodies

Name: Vile Bodies
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1998-03-23
Rating: 5.0
Cast: John Coplans, Edmund Coulthard, Jenny Savile, Joel-Peter Witkin

Overview

Documentary miniseries about contemporary artists who create challenging views of the human body. One of a 3-part series exploring how contemporary photography is challenging some of our deepest-held taboos about the human body. "American photographer Joel-Peter Witkin discusses his dark visions of human bodies.

Episodes

S01E01 Naked

March 23, 1998

Joel-Peter Witkin reveals the motivations for his dark visions of deformed bodies; Jenny Saville discusses how her work challenges stereotypes of the female body; John Coplans presents his monumental black-and-white self-portraits, which celebrate the unexpected...

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S01E02 Kids

March 30, 1998

An exploration of the work of photographers such as Sally Mann, Collier Shorr, Jouko Lehtola and Wendy Ewald who are pushing back the boundaries surrounding the traditional family snapshot pictures of childhood with bold and...

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S01E03 The Dead

April 4, 1998

An examination of how photographers confront taking pictures of the dead. Among those featured are forensic photographer DC John Yearnshire, New York-based artist Andreas Serrano, young photographer Sue Fox and British artist Nick Waplington.

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