Recorded in: Sunnyside, Queens
Episode Length: 51:07
Air Date: November 26, 2019
Produced by: Jordan Weitzman
Edited by: Cristal Duhaime
It was the last day of Allen Frame's show Innamorato at the Pratt Gallery in Brooklyn, and it was my first stop from La Guardia when i arrived on that day. I remember one print hanging on the wall that I immediately gravitated to - Tito, Florence, 1997 - a photo which I’ve always loved, which feels so intimate, even though it’s made at a distance.’ A charming southern fellow in the gallery introduced himself, ‘Allen Frame, nice to meet you.’ I smiled and we ended up talking for about an hour that day going down rabbit holes ranging from the Italian seaside, where he had just made new work, to Charles Henri Ford’s attic apartment in the Dakota, to William Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom - a story he hadn’t read since college, amazed at how homoerotic a narrative it had.
Allen Frame is a fascinating figure within the world of photography. He cut his teeth in the early 70’s in Boston with his friends David Armstrong and Nan Goldin, whom he met at Immageworks, a photo program he enrolled in while attending Harvard. He’s made his own pictures on and off over the course of five decades, but he’s also worked in the theatre, adapting the writing of David Wojnarowicz and acting in Garry Indiana plays. He’s written for publications like Bomb and the New York Times, he’s taught at Pratt, SVA and ICP, and he’s worked in curatorial capacities.
Tito, Florence by Allen Frame
Achilles, Frank and Linda, New York by Allen Frame
Martina and Shitsu, Brooklyn by Allen Frame
This episode is brought to you by
The world's first photobook of the month club
www.charcoalbookclub.com