From Wall Street to Studio 54: a short film celebrates Larry Fink
Celebrating Larry Fink, Fellowship presents ‘Fink’, a short film diving into the pioneering photographer’s creative mind
![Larry Fink in hat, holding newspaper, film still from FINK, 2024](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/j9WoC4Mu8MxmdEyQBbSVrL-415-80.jpeg)
Photography platform Fellowship celebrates the life of pioneering American photographer Larry Fink (1941-2023) with an intimate short documentary that offers a glimpse into his creativity and aesthetic process.
Available on Fellowship’s website, Fink, directed by Lisa Schiller, dives into the photographer’s work, which spans from intimate family portraits to political satire, and the Lockdown Diaries reflecting on quarantine during the Covid pandemic.
Discover the artistic world of Larry Fink
Larry Fink
Fellowship focuses on uniting the past and the present, to inspire emerging artists. Accompanying the short film, the platform is also hosting ‘Larry Fink: A Life of Looking’, a digital exhibition and NFT sale curated by photography director Holly Hay, formerly of Wallpaper*. The retrospective presents more than 100 works from across Fink’s 65-year career, diving into his artistic development and subject matter, from Wall Street protests to Studio 54 clubbers, and life on his Pennsylvania farm.
Larry Fink, Amanda Evon Apple Eaters, 10-9-2012
Hay began collaborating with Fink on the retrospective back in 2022. She notes: ‘Larry is part of so many people's visual vocabulary without their perhaps knowing it's Larry Fink. This visual retrospective accesses all areas of the important, exclusive and everyday through the eyes of the most curious photographer I had the pleasure of meeting and working with. Fellowship is working to give the best photography the platform it deserves, alongside building and preserving legacy through technology and education. The blockchain protects work but also harnesses a brand-new, very engaged audience. We all know the work of Larry Fink, but via this project, we will know the man and the intentions too.’
Larry Fink, Harlem Youth, May Neuhaws
Fink was open to the possibilities of storytelling through digital technologies, saying in 2023, ‘As a photographer who will be turning 82 this year and spending time looking at thousands of photographs I have taken since I was just a boy, I often feel I am living in the past tense. My days are spent examining images of earlier times, and judging their place in a retrospective of my work of what is deemed to be seen or not. Creating these NFTs puts me in the present tense, sharing my photographs and life with a new audience, adding an introspective education to both the viewer and myself. It delights me.’
Wallpaper* Newsletter + Free Download
For a free digital copy of August Wallpaper*, celebrating Creative America, sign up today to receive our daily digest of inspiration, escapism and design stories
Larry Fink, Harlem Youth
A still from the film, Fink
Behind the scenes of Fink
Tianna Williams is the Editorial Executive at Wallpaper*. Before joining the team in 2023, she has contributed to BBC Wales, SurfGirl Magazine, and Parisian Vibe, with work spanning from social media content creation to editorial. Now, her role covers writing across varying content pillars for Wallpaper*.
-
‘Hedonistic and avant-garde’: Rabanne’s Julian Dossena on the legacy of the chainmail 1969 bag
Paco Rabanne’s 1969 chainmail handbag encapsulates the late designer’s futuristic, space-age style. Current creative director Julien Dossena tells Wallpaper* about the bag’s particular pleasures
By Jack Moss Published
-
Postcard from Paris: Olympic fever takes over the streets
On the eve of the opening ceremony of Paris 2024, our correspondent shares her views from the streets of the capital about how the event is impacting the urban landscape.
By Minako Norimatsu Published
-
The Mercury Prize nominees for 2024 have been revealed
Charli XCX, The Last Dinner Party and Beth Gibbons are amongst this year's nominees
By Charlotte Gunn Published
-
Toys, fantasy and the US immigration system: inside Julio Torres' debut film, Problemista
Julio Torres writes, directs and stars in Problemista – now on digital release – where the nightmare of US immigration is given a surreal spin
By Hannah Silver Published
-
First Fraenkel Film Festival in San Francisco: what to see
The Fraenkel Film Festival, at the Roxie Theater in San Francisco, sees ten Fraenkel gallery artists choose films that impact their work
By Lauren Cochrane Published
-
Paul B. Preciado on his Orlando film: 'There is no trans question'
Paul B. Preciado interprets Virginia Woolf’s work in 'Orlando, My Political Biography'
By Sam Moore Published
-
Enter the immersive world of film noir at a disused hospital in Venice
Fondazione In Between Art Film returns to Venice with ‘Nebula’, by curators Alessandro Rabottini and Leonardo Bigazzi
By Amah-Rose Abrams Published
-
Cannes Film Festival 2024 highlights: our verdict is in
What to watch or not to watch – cut to the Cannes Film Festival 2024 highlights
By Sophie Monks Kaufman Published
-
Cyber-noia, pornography, and liberation: inside the queer sci-fi of Shu Lea Cheang
Shu Lea Cheang's new film, ‘UKI’, exists in two worlds simultaneously: the real world of flesh and blood, and a strange digital landscape
By Sam Moore Published
-
‘What a Fantastic Machine’: new film explores the camera, pop culture and human behaviour
Maximilien Van Aertryck and Axel Danielson’s new film, ‘And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine’, dissects the role of the camera in popular culture
By Zoe Whitfield Published
-
Back to Black: all eyes on film-maker Sam Taylor-Johnson
Back to Black cinematographer Polly Morgan tells Wallpaper* how a shared love of French New Wave close-ups brought Sam Taylor-Johnson’s Amy Winehouse biopic to life
By Craig McLean Published