The Centro de Creación Contemporánea de Andalucía is honored to present The Camera Is Cruel, an exhibition that reviews the conceptual relationship among three major artists in the history of photography.

Lisette Model (Vienna, 1901 - New York, 1983), Diane Arbus (New York, 1923 - New York, 1971), and Nan Goldin (Washington D.C., 1953) took interest in the social dimensions of cohabitation, people at the periphery of society, extraordinary personalities and the eccentric. Through the lenses of their cameras they cast a very personal eye on human beings and their disparate living environments, thus constantly questioning the validity of conventions.

Their works, which cover three generations, are on the one hand expressions of the times and the different social milieus in which these women lived, while on the other hand they represent homages to the diversity of human existence and its various manifestations. Last but not least, Model, Arbus and Goldin also redefined -each of the three in her own, personal way- the dialogue between photographer and subject in a completely new way, combining a documentary aspect with a subjective approach.

Exhibition essay by the curator is available for download here.

Album on Flickr.