Robert Heinecken
MA, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES, 1960
BA, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES, 1959
In response to the social upheavals of the 1960s, photographers like Robert Heinecken (1931–2006) searched for new artistic and technical options that not only broke away from a decisive single image but saw any photographically-based activity as source material for picturemaking. In the anything-goes spirit of the Happening, where the audience became part of the event and was responsible for its interpretation, Heinecken suggested how the boundaries of photographic content and form could be multiplied and personalized. ...
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