BOMB 119/Spring 2012
Bruce Weber’s photographs of “beautiful” young people bring up questions of cruelty, exhibitionism and the exposure of sexuality. Rosemary Carroll explores how public response to Weber’s work affects his own perspective.
In this classic BOMB interview, Editor-in-Chief Betsy Sussler speaks to renowned artist Cindy Sherman about the role acting takes in her photographs. A career retrospective of Sherman’s work is on view now at MoMA.
Photograph, Cowboy Hat (autoportrait from A.H. Series) by Jimmy DeSana.
Fashion icon Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn discusses her long artistic career as a dancer, model, photographer, designer, and sculptor.
Raymond Voinquel’s cinematic style pushed the envelope of fashion photography. Collaborating with writers and directors, he found a scale to match his vision of style on the big screen.
A short story of bucolic moments capturing family life and love in the countryside. This story originally appeared in BOMB #11, but reprinted and amended here in #12.
Poem tinged with experiences New York and Honduras, “Seizure” by Kimiko Hahn.
From his home in Milan, Nobel Prize winner Dario Fo hosts Matthew Fleury and speaks of the challenges that a life of uncompromising activist playwriting have brought him and his wife, and oftentimes collaborator, Franca Rame.
A woman protects her baby during a bombing, “1954” by Arturo Arias. Excerpted from After The Bombs, translated from Spanish by Zoë Anglesey. This article is only available in print.
Excerpted text from Freud’s Beyond the Pleasure Principle, A Note To The Readers (More Pleasure Than Work) by Joseph Kosuth. This article is only available in print.
A poem on mothers’ boundless love to protect their children, “At War” by Victoria Redel. This article is only available in print.
Poem on the author’s two homes, Nicaragua and the South Bronx, “Contra-Dictions” by Roland Legiardi-Laura. This article is only available in print.
Abstract cosmic scene created with spray enamel and marker on a board, Equation for Mettropposttersizer by Rammellzee. This article is only available in print.
Two photographs, Untitled and Dayton Advertisement by Blumenfeld. This article is only available in print.
Photograph of Ralph Eugene Meatyard by Guy Mendes. This article is only available in print.
Oil on canvas painting, Girl Observing the Moon by Armando Morales. This article is only available in print.
Mixed media piece of a human/animal hybrid, HAI DUC by Troy Tecau. This article is only available in print.
Poem on a curious hypothetical situation, “If Faust Had Been My Daughter” by Shelley Berc. This article is only available in print.
A tortured love letter, translated from Spanish by Gregory Kolovakos, excerpted from Jacinta Escudos novel Notes for a Love Story that Never Was. This article is only available in print.
Untitled photograph by Ralph Eugene Meatyard. This article is only available in print.
Poem presented as dialogue, a petition of longing, “Remembrance And Elegy For A Sailor” by Salvadorian poet Claudia Lars. Translated from Spanish by Jo Anne Englebert. This article is only available in print.
Three color photographs on masonite, Revenge of the Nerds by Gretchen Bender. This article is only available in print.
Two poems, “Everything About Love Is Subversive” and “A Way Of Dying” by Reyes Gilberto Arevalo. Translated from Spanish by Magda Bogin. This article is only available in print.
Cyanotype with watercolor, Untitled by Sarah Wells. This article is only available in print.
An act of arson is analyzed by a tarot card reader, “Smoke Defines Light: A Fiction with Tarot Reading by Jane Nelson” by Craig Gholson. This article is only available in print.
Three portrait photographs Berber, Tamtatouchte, Morocco; Elder Druse, Isfiya, Israel; and Haitians, Jacmel, Haiti from the Social Studies series by William Coupon. This article is only available in print.
Short story, “The Dictator’s Witchdoctor” by Alejandro Bravo. This article is only available in print.
An elegy to a soldier, “The Front” by Gina Maria Caruso. Translated by Charles Tarzian. This article is only available in print.
A woman cuts herself to deal with the loss of her child, “The Lilac With Mastering Odor” by Jeanne Larson. This article is only available in print.
Three photographs by DeborahTurbeville, Boots for STERN Magazine, Unpublished, 1977; Aurelia & Isabelle Weingarten, Musee Picasso; and Italian Vogue—by Deborah Turbeville. This article is only available in print.
