LES KRIMS
These manipulated Polaroids were originally published in the 1975 book, Fictcryptokrimsographs: A Book-Work by Les Krims (Humpy Press). It’s incredible stuff, and good luck finding the book for under a jillion dollars now. But hey, lucky for you, we’ve got 15 of these photos for you to marvel at. Also, you should google Les Krims. It’s crazy—in the early 1970s, his photos caused a kidnapping in Memphis (they’d return the kid if a gallery took down his photos) and then a few years later an anti-porn feminist tore up his photos and poured chocolate syrup on them. Wow!
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See all articles by this contributor Anonymous, on Oct 12, 2009 wrote:
some of them look like klimt paintings | | Anonymous, on Dec 30, 2008 wrote:
ooh ooh witchy woman, see how hairy her armpits are.... | | Anonymous, on Dec 30, 2008 wrote:
these are amazing | | Anonymous, on Dec 23, 2008 wrote:
the g.i. joe one is the best. the lazer eyes look is all over myspace, but krims was doing it with manipulated polaroids in the 70s. | | Anonymous, on Dec 23, 2008 wrote:
trippy. demented. gorgeous. love me some krims. | | Anonymous, on Dec 22, 2008 wrote:
Hitler Frog is obvious? First off, it isn’t. Second off, did you read that these were made in 1975? That is pre-Sid -Siouxsie and -Dee Dee and well before the onslaught of noise-oriented Third Reich fetishists. | | Anonymous, on Dec 22, 2008 wrote:
Hitler frog is so obvious.... | | Anonymous, on Dec 22, 2008 wrote:
look up his deerslayer stuff. it’s really good and no one was doing stuff like it then. | | Anonymous, on Dec 22, 2008 wrote:
here is another series from krims:
www.laurencemillergallery.com/krims_exhibition.htm | | Anonymous, on Dec 22, 2008 wrote:
does anyone know how he did the third one with the trippy border? i think i know how he did the rest, but i’m clueless about that one. | | Anonymous, on Dec 22, 2008 wrote:
dude below me, first of all i can barely make out what you’re trying to say. secondly, it’s not like altered polaroids are some crazy new idea that only "creatives" are into. it’s just that les krims is a fucking badass and they wanted to share their excitement about him. and hey, most of us aren’t going to be able to see these elsewhere unless we drop $400 for a coffee table book, so fuck off. | | Anonymous, on Dec 22, 2008 wrote:
Why do Vice keep suddenly popularising stuff that actual creatives have been into for" like, a zillion" years? | | Anonymous, on Dec 22, 2008 wrote:
his website has so many awesome photos available for viewing. and he did a series of nudes of his own mother cooking chicken soup. | | Anonymous, on Dec 22, 2008 wrote:
the sx-70, which krims used for these, is my favorite of all polaroid cameras. | | Anonymous, on Dec 22, 2008 wrote:
i hope the lady didn’t try to tear one of the polaroids. anyone that’s seen memento would know better than to try that. | | Anonymous, on Dec 22, 2008 wrote:
meatgrinder | | Anonymous, on Dec 22, 2008 wrote:
holy shit you weren’t kidding. $370 on amazon through a dealer! | | Anonymous, on Dec 22, 2008 wrote:
krims technical ability is nothing to shortchange. however, what makes him so good, and influential, is his uncanny staging sense. you should most definitely google image some of his other work. | | Anonymous, on Dec 22, 2008 wrote:
these look amazing. hitler frog is perfect! | | Anonymous, on Dec 22, 2008 wrote:
brings to mind terry richardson and bruce labruce. | | Anonymous, on Dec 22, 2008 wrote:
these are without question the most interesting altered polaroids i’ve seen. definitely going to google mr. krims. thanks. | | Anonymous, on Dec 22, 2008 wrote:
what are krims thoughts on the death of polaroid? | | Anonymous, on Dec 22, 2008 wrote:
Those are all absolutely beautiful. Thanks for sharing Vice.
And I laughed out loud at the pencil test.
The idea of a "feminist" veiwing this work as "porn" is pretty sad. | | |
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