J. Sybylla Smith, In Conversation with Vince Aletti

The Drawer is a visual autobiography of Aletti’s deep canon of inspiration, experience and multi-media obsessions collected over five decades. Created and captured in a single day, each collage is a flurry of free association. This book animates his refined sense of composition,  eclectic juxtaposition of image and text and chronicles the tectonic shifts of art and visual culture.In this conversation, Vince discusses, among other things:The intentionality of the photographer Intuitive arrangements between images—in both exhibition and book formUnselfconscious coupling of imageryArt informing how we thinkMagazine cultureSubversionAdvertising driving editorialUndermining narrativesHow to make a life in photography Fun or nothingBeing the Bill Cunningham of contemporary photography  Referenced in the episodeIssues: A History of Photography in Fashion Magazines by Vince AlettiC/O BerlinSPBHSchool of Visual Arts, NYCLillian BassmanJudith Joy RossPeter HujarTrue Homosexual Experiences: Boyd McDonald and Straight to HellDawoud BeyThe Moon Is Behind Us by Fazal SheikhAdam FussLeslie-Lohman Gay Art FoundationDashwood BooksPublished by Self Publish Be HappyVince’s InstagramSign-Up for Email Newsletter for Got Punctum? News and Other HappeningsEngage with J. Sybylla Smith Instagram and Facebook

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