Eric Kroll | |
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| Born | Eric David Kroll (1946-10-23)October 23, 1946 (age 78) New York City, U.S. |
| Known for | Photography |
Eric David Kroll (born October 23, 1946) is an American photojournalist,[1]fetish photographer, erotica historian, and book editor.[2][3]
Eric Kroll's commercial work began inTaos, New Mexico in 1969, when he partnered with friend Sam Bruskin to open a gallery. He worked as a photo journalist in New York from 1971 to 1994.[4]
Kroll worked and lived in many worlds at once; fashion, music, and the art and film scenes.[5] During the 70s and 80s he photographed every day scenes from his personal life, photographed celebrities, fashion and the New York social scene for Elle Magazine, Vogue, The New York Times and Der Spiegel. He photographed personalities and artists such asMadonna,Andy Warhol,Keith Haring, and Korean video artistNam June Paik. In 1976 he published "Sex Objects," with a grant from the New York State Council of the Arts grant, a book documenting sex workers across America.[6] ArtistRichard Prince appropriated an image from the iconic book "Sex Objects" in one of his works that sold for around $2 million.[7]
In the early 1980s he turned away from portrait photography with a series title "Fetish Girls" (1994), which remains one of the best selling books in the publisher Taschen's history.[8] Kroll worked withBenedikt Taschen from 1993 to 2007 as photo editor and erotica historian.
Eric Kroll has published collections ("Fetish Girls" and "Beauty Parade"), composed introductions for influential works such as the compiled two-volume "Bizarre" collection and someTaschen folios.[9] Many of Kroll's photographs refer to and pay homage to his predecessorsWeegee andBunny Yeager[10] as well asEric Stanton andJohn Willie. Kroll's photographs are grounded in the conceptual influences ofMan Ray, andMarcel Duchamp.[6]
Kroll also curated exhibitions including "Warhol: FromDylan to Duchamp," an exhibition of photographs documenting Warhol's factory era. Photographers includedAnnie Leibovitz,Robert Mapplethorpe,Helmut Newton,Cecil Beaton, actorDennis Hopper, and others. The Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh loaned Firestone Gallery Andy Warhol's "Screen Tests" of both Bob Dylan and Marcel Duchamp for the show.[11]
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