Compound Fracture

Rating:
Summary: CUTTING EDGE
Review: Robert Flynt is a photographer with imagination and talent to spare: his photographs combine classical statuary, contemporary male models, superimposed drawings and charts, highly personal symbols, etc. to come together in startling, disturbing, mysterious, beautiful images.

This volume, wonderfully put together by the redoubtable Twin Palms Press, offers no explanation as to how or why Flynt does what he does, including making his photographs take place under water and hand-coloring each of them.

Each image tells a story which only the individual viewer can possibly make sense of. Here is a naked, contemporary man with his back to us, walking on the bottom of the ocean (pool? lake?) gripping his clothes with both hands which drag along the floor, being watched over (protected?) by an ancient Greek bust, the head of which is approximately half the size of the man. Another image shows us two men from another century dueling in full fencing costume, while two contemporary men, under water, fight (embrace?) between the fencers. A third shows a contemporary, slender man, again under water, fully dressed in jacket, shirt, tie, etc. walking on the bottom of the ocean, using his hands and arms to cover himself, to hide himself, to protect himself, while the ancient, heavily muscled statue near him revels in its nudity and vulnerability. But it is obvious that the photographs must be seen to be enjoyed and no description of mine can do them justice.

These are extraordinarily sensual, if not sexual, photographs which demand viewing by anyone interested in cutting edge art. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

Rating:
Summary: CUTTING EDGE
Review: Robert Flynt is a photographer with imagination and talent to spare: his photographs combine classical statuary, contemporary male models, superimposed drawings and charts, highly personal symbols, etc. to come together in startling, disturbing, mysterious, beautiful images.

This volume, wonderfully put together by the redoubtable Twin Palms Press, offers no explanation as to how or why Flynt does what he does, including making his photographs take place under water and hand-coloring each of them.

Each image tells a story which only the individual viewer can possibly make sense of. Here is a naked, contemporary man with his back to us, walking on the bottom of the ocean (pool? lake?) gripping his clothes with both hands which drag along the floor, being watched over (protected?) by an ancient Greek bust, the head of which is approximately half the size of the man. Another image shows us two men from another century dueling in full fencing costume, while two contemporary men, under water, fight (embrace?) between the fencers. A third shows a contemporary, slender man, again under water, fully dressed in jacket, shirt, tie, etc. walking on the bottom of the ocean, using his hands and arms to cover himself, to hide himself, to protect himself, while the ancient, heavily muscled statue near him revels in its nudity and vulnerability. But it is obvious that the photographs must be seen to be enjoyed and no description of mine can do them justice.

These are extraordinarily sensual, if not sexual, photographs which demand viewing by anyone interested in cutting edge art. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.