GOING TO HOLLYWOOD
Placeholder 1995, Richard Kern released his first book, “New York Girls,” a document of the city’s underground, and a claustrophobic, theatrical testament to the sexy and nihilistic demi-monde of the era. Beginning in 2022, Richard Kern and No Agency New York set out to update the body of work with a new generation of transgressive and beautiful New York girls. Bella Newman, photographer, and model in the new series, responds to these images through a auto-fictional short story exploring the psychological tension of erotic photography.
“I am contorted and confronted with these vignettes and sexy ideas—sexy girls looking sexy by looking like themselves, girls changing shape and conjuring energies that intercept one another, and, together, they all make sense. Kirra with the ball in her mouth is completed in form by Mika the clothing dealer with her plump tits through the black see-through ruffle top. Or was that the shirt I’m wearing? Ah yes, Mika’s tits are out. We’re all sort of dealers of something, but, here, we have nothing to sell.”
Placeholder 1995, Richard Kern released his first book, “New York Girls,” a document of the city’s underground, and a claustrophobic, theatrical testament to the sexy and nihilistic demi-monde of the era. Beginning in 2022, Richard Kern and No Agency New York set out to update the body of work with a new generation of transgressive and beautiful New York girls. Bella Newman, photographer, and model in the new series, responds to these images through a auto-fictional short story exploring the psychological tension of erotic photography.
“I am contorted and confronted with these vignettes and sexy ideas—sexy girls looking sexy by looking like themselves, girls changing shape and conjuring energies that intercept one another, and, together, they all make sense. Kirra with the ball in her mouth is completed in form by Mika the clothing dealer with her plump tits through the black see-through ruffle top. Or was that the shirt I’m wearing? Ah yes, Mika’s tits are out. We’re all sort of dealers of something, but, here, we have nothing to sell.”
