Article: Street fare: the photography of Philip-Lorca Dicorcia.

Inasmuch as movies seem to wag real events these days, it's not much of a stretch to see Philip-Lorca diCorcia's recent color photographs of crowded city streets as film stills of everyday life. They certainly have the look: Artificially lit from off-camera sources that supplement natural daylight (the faces of certain passersby are highlighted more than others), these mise-en-scenes of pedestrians around the world have a nail-polish glossiness straight out of Hollywood. All that's missing is the glamour. Instead of shooting recognizable stars and designer sets, diCorcia captures anonymous, unintentional actors as they move, zombielike, through gritty, hyperactive asphalt ...

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