A Clockwork Orange (1971) | Dir. Stanley Kubrick

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) | dir. Steven Spielberg | USA

DoP: Douglas Slocombe

©  Daidō Moriyama  From the book “Another Country in New York" (1974.)

As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

Luigi Ghirri  (Italian, 1943 – 1992)

Reggio Emilia

From the series Kodachrome 1973

Vintage c-print 13 x 18 cm 

 Matthew Marks Gallery 

Collector / 2016

The Virgin Suicides (1999) | dir. Sofia Coppola | USA

Cinematography by Edward Lachman

Brat (Brother) | 1997 | dir. Aleksei Balabanov | Russia

Writer: Aleksey Balabanov Cinematography by Sergey Astakhov

Bernard Buffet - KABUKI, Ren Jishi

... “Lux — the light, the sensually deluxe — in the end seems to fulfill the role of sacrificial virgin to which the boys’ objectification commits her, just as had her sister, Cecilia.” While the boys recognise her behaviour as self-destructive, their interest in watching her proves that she is indeed complying with the social expectations of the boys, and by extension society itself. Moreover, the male lovers expose society’s willingness to allow such behaviour, since plenty of men willing to have sex with Lux, an underage girl, yet none of them step forward to help her. Lux’s sexual activity during the novel indicates her acknowledgement of the social paradox, as she recognises that she cannot choose both sides like Cecilia so she chooses to follow society’s expectations...