First published 2015
Lenny Kravitz steps behind the lens to examine what happens when the photographed becomes the photographer. As a child, he treated cameras like playthings rather than tools for capturing images. Years later, friends with Leicas showed him photography's fundamentals. He discovered how light creates meaning and mood in every frame. Now he uses that knowledge to document his own world. Kravitz has spent decades as a subject for photographers, paparazzi, and fans with phones. This constant exposure gave him insights that most artists never gain. In Flash, he reverses the dynamic entirely. He explores the tension between observer and observed, between the person holding the camera and the one caught in its gaze. The work reveals what fame looks like from both sides of the lens. Kravitz captures the strange reality of living constantly watched, constantly recorded, constantly framed by others' perspectives.
Genres: biography, art, non-fiction, 21st-century, photography
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: observer-observed, reversal
96 pages · Hardcover · Te Neues Pub Group