Intimate Stranger is a photographic series produced in Miami by Zachary Balber between 2013 and 2020. Zachary has created 150 photos in which he has taken, very rapidly and without authorization, self-portraits during photo sessions of high-end real estate, in various poses, and in various degrees of undress.
Show Notes
Intro/Outro: "Balls," by Sparks
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Discussed:
- “Photography: The Middle Class Medium”
- Family Propaganda Portraits
- Photo-Marxism
- Bruce Weber
- Susan Sontag
- Cindy Sherman
- Walker Evans
- Loriel Beltran
- Marvin Heiferman
- Jose Antonio Navarette
- “Avedon Smiles” > Richard Avedon: Nastassja Kinski and the Serpent
- Brene Brown
- Weegee
- Alfred Dupont Building, downtown Miami
- Allappattah > “Wynwood West”
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“Navigating through the excuses became part of the performance.”
“The image is more important than the reality it captures.”
“You are poking at people who can squish you.”
“Is taking a picture a crime?”
“I erase myself into these interiors.”
“I left with all the conceptual goodies I could fathom.”
“Interior decorating choices like a bad mixtape…With all of the resources at your disposal, this was your choice?”
“Buildings will eventually be like a Mr. Potato Head, with interchangeable parts.”
“Documenting architecture and fine art, I can map the gentrification that has happened in the last few years.”
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