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Men in the Cities (1979) Untitled by Robert Longo

Inspired by film stills and New Wave music, Longo began his Men in the City series by photographing his friends, both in groups and individually on the rooftop of his apartment building. He allegedly threw objects like tennis balls and rocks at his subjects, and pulled their bodies with ropes, which caused them to jump, twist and contort their bodies into stressful and often violent poses.  

Longo would capture these movements with his camera, enlarge the images using a slide projector, and trace over them with charcoal and graphite. He would later add drama and glamour to his drawings by replacing the models’ jeans and t-shirts with work attire or cocktail dresses, or by suspending a man’s tie into mid-air. Longo hoped that these works would be shown together, but they mostly stand alone as dynamic statements of urbanity 1980s style.

You probably remember these pieces from Patrick Bateman’s wall in American Psycho.

(via bbook)