2013 ICP Infinity Awards: Art - Mishka Henner
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Looking, and trusting in that act alone, Mishka Henner explores photography as an appropriation artist.
After years of frustration with traditional documentary photography, he discovered what he believes is "real documentary."
Today Henner works with images that have already been produced by machines and satellites.
Henner uses Google Street View's surveillance element and Google Maps' satellite view in search of pure material that simply captures what is there. Using those images he raises questions while inspecting issues such as politicians' roles in the government, street-side prostitution, the meat industry, the act of winning, oil fields in the U.S. and the enormity of space.
Fearlessly, he challenges some of the most fundamental building blocks of photography, including Robert Frank's 1958 classic, Les Americains. In his latest book, Henner used Photoshop to erase half of Frank's images, leaving behind chairs, hats and shirts.
Through new and alternative technology, Henner continues to inspect art from the past while innovating in the present.
His work has been published, reviewed and featured in Time, The New York Times, The Guardian, Photography Now, Else, De Volkskrant, Liberation and Frieze d/e, among others.
Publish Date: May 2, 2013
Credits
Photography & Video: Mishka Henner
Editor and Producer: Jon Kasbe
Associate Producer: Tim McLaughlin
Graphics: Joe Fuller
Director and Executive Producer: Brian Storm
Special Thanks
This film was made possible with the generous support of the Harbers Family Foundation.
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