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| Self Portrait, 1992 |
Photographer David Seidner died of AIDS in 1999 at age 42. During this final decade his career continued to flourish in new ways – ambitious projects for books augmenting increasingly radical magazine work.
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| Richard Serra, 1990 |
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| Gerhard Richter, 1991 |
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| Louise Bourgeois, 1992 |
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| Mme Gres, 1991 |
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| Reflection, 1994 |
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| YSL, 1993 |
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| Untitled (Contrapposto), 1993 |
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| Untitled (Contrapposto), 1993 |
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| Self Portrait |
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| Self Portrait |
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| Orchid, 1999 |
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| Orange Cluster on Green, 1999 |
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| Pink Orchid, 1999 |
The concluding pictures in the large online archive of David Seidner's work (maintained by the International Center of Photography in New York) consist of bright, blurry orchids, visually distinct from all that had gone before them. Despite the vivid backgrounds it is impossible not to imagine these aggressive flowers as the same ones endured by most of us as part of the ultimate decor – that which surrounds a hospital bed.