Antoine D'Agata
Encyclopedia
Antoine D'Agata is a French photographer born in Marseille
in 1961. He left France in 1983 to start a series of travels. He studied photography at the International Center of Photography
of New York
in 1990, under the tutelage of Larry Clark
and Nan Goldin
.
D'Agata's work deals with addiction, sex, personal obsessions, darkness, prostitution, and other topics widely considered taboo.
In 2001 D'Agata won the Niépce Prize for young photographers.
D'Agata has been full member of Magnum Photos
since 2008. He has published more than a dozen books and three films.
In 2009 Tommaso Lusena and Giuseppe Schillaci released a documentary film about D'Agata called The Cambodian Room: Situations with Antoine D'Agata.
Marseille
Marseille , known in antiquity as Massalia , is the second largest city in France, after Paris, with a population of 852,395 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Marseille extends beyond the city limits with a population of over 1,420,000 on an area of...
in 1961. He left France in 1983 to start a series of travels. He studied photography at the International Center of Photography
International Center of Photography
The International Center of Photography is a photography museum, school, and research center in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States...
of New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
in 1990, under the tutelage of Larry Clark
Larry Clark
Lawrence Donald "Larry" Clark is an American film director, photographer, writer and film producer who is best known for the movie Kids and his photography book Tulsa...
and Nan Goldin
Nan Goldin
Nancy "Nan" Goldin is an American photographer.-Life and work:Goldin was born in Washington, D.C., and grew up in the Boston, Massachusetts suburb of Lexington, to middle class Jewish parents whose ideas, moderately liberal and progressive, were put to the test when on April 12, 1965 their eldest...
.
D'Agata's work deals with addiction, sex, personal obsessions, darkness, prostitution, and other topics widely considered taboo.
In 2001 D'Agata won the Niépce Prize for young photographers.
D'Agata has been full member of Magnum Photos
Magnum Photos
Magnum Photos is an international photographic cooperative owned by its photographer-members, with offices located in New York, Paris, London and Tokyo...
since 2008. He has published more than a dozen books and three films.
In 2009 Tommaso Lusena and Giuseppe Schillaci released a documentary film about D'Agata called The Cambodian Room: Situations with Antoine D'Agata.
Publications
This is not a complete list.- De Mala Muerte. 1998.
- Mala Noche. En Vues. 1998.
- Home Town. Le Point Du Jour Editeur & Galerie de la Passerelle / Gap. 2002.
- Insomnia. Images en Manoeuvre Editions. 2003.
- Vortex. Atlantica. 2003.
- Stigma. Images en Manoeuvre. 2004.
Films
- 2004: Le Ventre du Monde (The World's Belly)
- 2005: El cielo del muerto (documentary short)
- 2008: Aka Ana