Richard Prince and Rephotography

Richard Prince’s more famous works come through the process of re-photography. Rephotography is the process of taking photos from others work and photographing the photos, but this time the photo serves the purpose and vision of the rephotographer. A majority of Richard Prince’s photographic work is taking photos used for advertisements, getting rid of the advertisement part, and working with what he had left over. Richard himself said the process of finding images to rephotograph was equivalent to “beachcombing”. Richard’s most famous rephotographic work is his cowboys series; from 1980 to 1992, and is actually still ongoing.

Richard Prince

Richard Prince, born in 1949, is a famous painter and photographer. He is well known for many series of images he has done plus his signature technique of “rephotographing”. One of his more well known series is called “Jokes”, started in 1986, which are images making fun of the sexual fantasies or frustrations of middle-class America. the Jokes series is still going on to this day. He is currently living in New York City.