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Primarily known for his staged photographs of seemingly natural scenes from everyday life, Philip-Lorca diCorcia has spent the last three.

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  • Working in the space between documentary and staged photography, Philip-Lorca diCorcia recently exhibited a new series in London.
  • Philip-Lorca diCorcia, one of the great image-makers of the last decades, made a return to the art frontline this autumn when his gallery, David Zwirner.
  • Philip-Lorca diCorcia made headlines in 2007 when he was sued by Erno Nussenzweig, a Hasidic Jew, who objected to his portrait being displayed.

    • Working in the space between documentary and staged photography, Philip-Lorca diCorcia recently exhibited a new series in London..

    Philip-Lorca diCorcia

    American photographer

    Philip-Lorca diCorcia (born 1953)[1] is an American photographer, living in New York City.

    He teaches at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.[2]

    Early life and education

    DiCorcia was born in 1953 in Hartford, Connecticut.[1] His father, Philip Joseph DiCorcia, a major architect in Hartford, operated Philip J.

    DiCorcia Associates.[3] The DiCorcia family is of Italian descent, having moved to the United States from Abruzzo. He attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, where he earned a diploma in 1975 and a 5th year certificate in 1976.

    Afterwards diCorcia attended Yale University, where he received a Master of Fine Arts in photography in 1979.[2]

    Work

    DiCorcia alternates between informal snapshots and iconic quality staged compositions that often have a baroque theatricality.[4]

    Using a carefully planned staging, he takes everyday occurrences be