Catherine Opie has turned into a great German photographer!
Of course, I don't really mean that she is German by heritage. Rather, she is following in the footsteps of great Dusseldorf photographers such as the Bechers and (more directly) Andreas Gursky; though she has turned this eye to distinctly American subjects.
In this most recent series, Highschool Football (and in her previous Surfers series), she presents very direct structured portraits of individuals alongside images of these same persons in action on the field. The result is a decidedly tense blend of heroic masculinity, and awkwardly self-conscious youth.
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