Joel peter witkin the kiss
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Norman Rockwell Museum
THE BEAUTY ON THE UGLY THE KISS JOEL-PETER WITKIN
by Ricardo Nunez
The Kiss is a photo made by Joe Peter Witkin (September 1939) taken in New Mexico in 1982.
At that time, the United States was recovering from the Vietnam Syndrome,* in which the nation’s people experienced defeat in war for the first time, through conflict with guerilla forces of an undeveloped Communist country.
The 1980s began, and with the new decade, culture immersed itself in other things.
Joel peter witkin the kiss
Capitalism was winning the war against Communism, selling perfect products for the perfect life, and money seemed plentiful and relatively easy to obtain. People made purchases to be fashionable and gain status, and the market and technological advances that we enjoy today took root at that time.
But principles changed drastically, shifting from a 1960s society that expressed its desire for love and peace everywhere, to a world in which the most important thing was the individual hi