I read a statement from Larry Clark where he talks about how he didn't want to photograph kids doing drugs or having sex to make a statement but merely to document what is going on in their heads, which to his mind was just that they only think in the moment. Can't say he's exactly wrong. There is a starkness to his photos that I really dig. The first one is kind of seedy but in a strange way. It kind of seems as if Clark was just photographing the guy and not asking him to do anything in particular, but it also seems like maybe he had the guy pose for him in a certain suggestive manner. The guy in the car is great. I love his expression. Kind of fearful, kind of confused, kind of dumb. It's also pretty great that you can't see outside the car at all. Then the gun/American flag. Two things everyone loves. Again, it's the composition that really makes this one for me. The way the American flag overheads Larry Clark, how his body is facing you yet his face is shrouded and again how you can't see outside. All pretty cool stuff.
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