La creación de sus escenarios públicos, a pesar de la muchedumbre existente, nos muestran siempre una aparente cotidianidad, adquiriendo una teatralidad inigualable, y logrando un estilo inconfundible donde provoca que la imagen nos recuerde de forma sublime semblantes cinematográficos, los retratados habitualmente parecen encontrarse en situaciones límite, son transeúntes, vagabundos, profesionales uniformados o gente común. Su obra está considerada como un perfecto ejercicio formal y un complejo estudio de las personalidades cotidianas.
En su serie “Hustlers” Philip Lorca Dicorcia retrata a los buscavidas de las grandes ciudades de Estados Unidos. Sus personajes posan como un producto que vende fantasia, violencia y sexo. Un trabajo muy personal en el que ponemos cara a los distintos personajes de las profundidades de las ciudades. Dicorcia retrata a sus protagonistas con un especial cuidado, como buen dominador de la luz, desnuda sus almas y nos la muestra como solo él sabe. Un ejemplo inspirador sobre como hacer retratos con luz natural.
ENG: Their faces are larger than life-size, lit dramatically and looming out of the darkness. They could be actors in a stage play, but in fact are strangers photographed on the street, caught as they walk into the pool of light created by the photographer’s flash gun positioned overhead. They all have the slightly blank expression of people walking through a crowded street, and have been caught unawares by Philip Lorca DiCorcia’s camera.
The images are in colour, with rich black shadows, and printed to a massive scale (48 x 60 inches / 122 x 152 cm), and the scale reveals all the detail in their faces and clothing. These photos are clearly not all they seem to be on first viewing, and challenge preconceptions about the fleeting nature of “street photography”. These photos are premeditated and set-up in the sense that the lighting has been installed and carefully angled to produce the desired effect, and the camera is pre-focused on the correct spot, waiting for the unwitting subjects to walk into the “studio”. Unlike Joel Meyerowitz, who spends his time stalking the streets, camera in hand, waiting for the magic to happen in front of his Leica, DiCorcia sets up his hefty medium format equipment and just lets the subjects find him.
