Richard Kern
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| - | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [May 2007] | + | '''Richard Kern''' (born [[1954]]) is a New York [[underground culture|underground]] filmmaker and photographer. He first came to underground prominence as part of the underground cultural explosion in the [[East Village, Manhattan|East Village]] of [[New York City]] in the 1980s, with [[Eroticism in film|erotic films]] featuring underground rock personalities of the time such as [[Lydia Lunch]],[[Kembra Pfahler]], and [[Henry Rollins]] in movies like "The Right Side of My Brain" and "Fingered." Like many of the musicians around Kern, he had a deep interest in the aesthetics of extreme sex, violence, and perversion and was one of the leading lights of [[Nick Zedd]]'s coined [[Cinema of Transgression]]. He directed a [[Sonic Youth]] video in Super-8, which led to more music video work for him. |
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| + | Kern can also be credited with discovering [[Lung Leg]], the star of his film [[You Killed Me First]] and the cover model for [[Sonic Youth]]'s [[EVOL]] album (a still shot from the film). | ||
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| + | In the 1990s, Kern, whose father was a North Carolina newspaper photographer and editor, turned almost exclusively to still photography of [[Glamour photography|glamour]], [[Bondage (BDSM)|bondage]] and [[Sexual fetishism|fetish]] [[Model (person)|models]] in books such as "New York Girls," still reflecting his unique sensibility. He has pornographic spreads for Hustler and Hustler's Leg Show magazines, and is currently having his work showcased on a pornographic subscription site called NewNudeCity - The World of Richard Kern.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [May 2007] | ||
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Richard Kern (born 1954) is a New York underground filmmaker and photographer. He first came to underground prominence as part of the underground cultural explosion in the East Village of New York City in the 1980s, with erotic films featuring underground rock personalities of the time such as Lydia Lunch,Kembra Pfahler, and Henry Rollins in movies like "The Right Side of My Brain" and "Fingered." Like many of the musicians around Kern, he had a deep interest in the aesthetics of extreme sex, violence, and perversion and was one of the leading lights of Nick Zedd's coined Cinema of Transgression. He directed a Sonic Youth video in Super-8, which led to more music video work for him.
Kern can also be credited with discovering Lung Leg, the star of his film You Killed Me First and the cover model for Sonic Youth's EVOL album (a still shot from the film).
In the 1990s, Kern, whose father was a North Carolina newspaper photographer and editor, turned almost exclusively to still photography of glamour, bondage and fetish models in books such as "New York Girls," still reflecting his unique sensibility. He has pornographic spreads for Hustler and Hustler's Leg Show magazines, and is currently having his work showcased on a pornographic subscription site called NewNudeCity - The World of Richard Kern.[1] [May 2007]
