Luc Sante Bücher

Bevor Stanley Kubrick mit Kultfilmen wie Lolita, 2001 – Odyssee im Weltraum und Shining berühmt wurde, begann er seine Karriere als Fotograf bei der Zeitschrift Look. Mit 17 Jahren dokumentierte er von 1945 bis 1950 das Leben in New York, indem er Geschichten mit einem menschlichen Blickwinkel festhielt. Kubrick fotografierte eine Vielzahl von Szenen: Menschen in Waschsalons, das Treiben an der Columbia University, Sportler, Showgirls, Artisten, Schauspielerinnen, Taxifahrer, Pärchen auf Bahnsteigen, Schuhputzjungen, Boxer, Patienten im Wartezimmer, prominente Geschäftsleute, Politiker, Kinder im Vergnügungspark und Pendler in der U-Bahn. Diese frühen Fotografien zeigen sein bemerkenswertes Gespür für Komposition, Spannung und Atmosphäre und wirken wie Filmstills aus nie gedrehten Noir-Dramen. Die Sammlung umfasst rund 300 Bilder und zahlreiche reproduzierte Seiten aus dem Look-Magazin und präsentiert eine wenig bekannte Seite des Regisseurs. Die Einleitung stammt von der renommierten Fotokritikerin Lucy Sante.

Walker Evans (1903–75) is now considered perhaps the finest documentary photographer ever and his images have had considerable influence on other artists, and not only in the field of photography. He is well known for his 1930s work for the Farm Security Administration, documenting the effect of the Great Depression o

In his second collection (after Kill All Your Darlings, 2007), Luc Sante pays homage to Patti Smith, Rene Ricard, and Georges Simenon; traces the history of tabloids; surveys the landscape that gave birth to the Beastie Boys; explores the back alleys of vernacular photography; sounds a threnody for the forgotten dead of New York City. The glue holding the collection together is autobiography. Every item carries deep personal significance, and most are rooted in lived experience, in particular Sante's youth on the Lower East Side of New York in the fertile 1970s and '80s. He traces his deep engagement with music, his experience of the city, his progression as an artist and observer, his love life and ambitions. Maybe the People Would Be the Times is organized as a series of sequences, in which one piece leads into the next. Memoir flows into essay, fiction into critical writing, humor into poetry, the pieces answering and echoing one another, examining subjects from multiple vantages. The collection shows Sante at his most lyrical, impassioned, and imaginative, a writer for whom every assignment brings the challenge of inventing a new form.

A cacophonous poem of democracy and greed, like the streets of New York themselves.

"A vivid investigation into the seamy underside of nineteenth and twentieth century Paris"--

Blending personal history with a deep exploration of identity, this memoir showcases the author's lyrical writing style and innovative approach. It offers readers a unique perspective on self-construction, inviting them to reflect on their own narratives while engaging with the author's experiences.

Luc Sante was born in Belgium and as a child taken by his parents to the USA. However he never considered himself a proper American. At the age of 35 he returned to Belgium to research his own history and his homeland. This volume presents Sante's memoirs of this time of self-discovery.