It's a philosophy that was born of survival, ambition, and an exquisite sensitivity to the mysterious realm where the beautiful and the grotesque meet.
Where photographers like William Eggleston, Richard Misrach, and Stephen Shore captured majestic scenes of American life, the Boston School turned the camera on themselves, conjuring tender landscape of their inner lives, imperfections, and shared intimacies.
Morrisroe treated the photographic print as a singular work so that no two versions of the same image ever looked quite alike, and brought this same to his filmmaking projects.
Replete with stiff wigs in daring coiffures, thrift store couture, gratuitous nudity, and delicious dialogue, Morrisroe's 8mm home movies bring to life the extraordinary cast of characters at the heart of his work.
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