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Tough & Tender

Art by Warwick Baker, Chris Burden, Larry Clark, Rozalind Drummond, Nan Goldin, Robert Mapplethorpe and Collier Schorr explores personal relations, individual expression and fluid identity.

More information on Tough & Tender

Selected images

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Spencer 2016, by Warwick Baker
Spencer 2016, by Warwick Baker
Untitled (42nd Street Series), 1979 by Larry Clark
Untitled (42nd Street Series), 1979
 by Larry Clark
Beno 2016 by Warwick Baker
Beno 2016 by Warwick Baker
Nan and Brian in bed, New York City 1983 by Nan Goldin
Nan and Brian in bed, New York City 1983 by Nan Goldin
Koko & Kiko (42nd Street Series), 1980 by Larry Clark
Koko & Kiko (42nd Street Series), 1980 by Larry Clark
Video still from Documentation of Selected Works, 1971-74 by Chris Burden
Video still from Documentation of Selected Works, 1971-74 by Chris Burden
Vy (Cowsill) 2016 by Rozalind Drummond
Vy (Cowsill) 2016 by Rozalind Drummond
Untitled (42nd Street Series), 1979–80 by Larry Clark
Untitled (42nd Street Series), 1979–80 by Larry Clark
Hugh 2015, by Warwick Baker
Hugh 2015, by Warwick Baker
Benny (42nd Street Series), 1979–80 by Larry Clark
Benny (42nd Street Series), 1979–80 by Larry Clark
Sebastian, 1980 by Robert Mapplethorpe
Sebastian, 1980 by Robert Mapplethorpe
James Ford, 1979 by Robert Mapplethorpe
James Ford, 1979 by Robert Mapplethorpe
Vy (Cowsill) 2016 by Rozalind Drummond
Vy (Cowsill) 2016 by Rozalind Drummond
Bebette (Summerhill) 2016 by Rozalind Drummond
Bebette (Summerhill) 2016 by Rozalind Drummond
Emily and Joshua (Constellation) 2016 by Rozalind Drummond
Emily and Joshua (Constellation) 2016 by Rozalind Drummond
Katja 2015 by Warwick Baker
Katja 2015 by Warwick Baker
Beno 2016 by Warwick Baker
Beno 2016 by Warwick Baker
Bed piece, 1972 by Chris Burden
Bed piece, 1972 by Chris Burden
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Related information

Hugh 2015, by Warwick Baker
Hugh 2015, by Warwick Baker
Hugh 2015, by Warwick Baker
Hugh 2015, by Warwick Baker

Friends

About Face article

10 October 2016

Warwick Baker’s photos of his friends are intimate. They hold a stillness that allows their subjects to be at ease.
Vy (Cowsill) 2016 by Rozalind Drummond
Vy (Cowsill) 2016 by Rozalind Drummond
Vy (Cowsill) 2016 by Rozalind Drummond
Vy (Cowsill) 2016 by Rozalind Drummond

Joyful sadness

About Face article

1 October 2016

Rozalind Drummond’s photographs in the exhibition Tough and tender let us bring our imagination to the act of looking.
Miles and Arkie, 2015 by Clint Peloso
Miles and Arkie, 2015 by Clint Peloso
Miles and Arkie, 2015 by Clint Peloso
Miles and Arkie, 2015 by Clint Peloso

Shop Talk

Magazine article by Stephen Phillips, 2016

Angus and the arbiters talk (photo) shop for the National Photographic Portrait Prize.
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