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Larry Clark Biography

Lawrence Donald "Larry" Clark (born January 19, 1943) is an American film director, photographer, writer and film producer who is best known for his controversial teen film Kids (1995) and his photography book Tulsa. His work focuses primarily on youth who casually engage in illegal drug use, underage sex, and violence, and who are part of a specific subculture, such as surfing, punk rock or skateboarding.

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When I was growing up, all the films about teenagers were played by Tony Curtis or John Cassavetes when they were 27, 28 years old. We would see these teenage movies in the theaters and I would say, "They don't look like they're my age at all. " So I wanted to make a movie that was real and I wanted to make a movie that wasn't about me.

Growing Up, Real, Say, Teenage, Teenagers

I was over self-medicating back when I was a kid and didn't know it.

Back, Back When, Kid, Kids, Know, Self

I always felt that when I was photographing, I had a psychic need to see this, to photograph this. And I think if somebody else had been doing this work, and if I could have seen these pictures anywhere at all, then there would have been no need to make them.

Anywhere, Needs, Psychics, See, Think, Thinking

At the end of the day, what I show is real life. I tell the truth. And the truth can be shocking.

Day, Real, Show, Telling The Truth, The End Of The Day, Truth

My favorite color is green.

Color, Favorite, Green, My Favorite

I've been a photographer for my whole life and I've done everything with photography that I felt I could do, and I always wanted to be a filmmaker.

Done, Filmmaker, Photographer, Photography

When I started shooting speed, amphetamine, when I was 15, almost 16, it actually calmed me down.

Amphetamines, Calmed, Down, Shooting, Speed

I learned how to skate, I couldn't do the tricks, but I could certainly skate fast enough. I could keep up with anybody and I could bomb hills and I could hide behind my camera.

Bomb, Bombs, Cameras, Enough, Hills

I just happened to have my camera and be photographing my friends. It was totally innocent; there was no purpose to the photographs. There was a purity to them that wasn't planned; it was realism. Over the years, the work has changed for me. I know that I have wanted to repeat myself, but I can't. I've been lost a lot of times, but then I'd just get an idea and photograph it. Once I'd started, I'd know exactly what would go down and how it would end. So I just quit doing it, because it loses all interest for me when you know what's going to happen.

Camera, Down And, Ideas, Realism, Work, Years

I tell people to frame the picture. Make the greatest, most perfect composition you can. . . and then take a step forward. It skews it a bit and makes it more interesting.

Interesting, People, Perfect, Picture, Tell

If I want something I do everything to get it.

Everything, Ifs, Want, Want Something

My greatest lesson in composition was looking at paintings.

Composition, Greatest, Lesson, Lessons, Painting, Paintings

The work all comes from a psychological need. See the images that I make. . . It's really a psychological need. I'm just jerked around by it. I'm pulled by it.

Images, Needs, Psychological, Psychological Needs, See, Work

For me there are no rules. I think I learned that from artists-from painters and sculptors. It took photography a while to catch up to them.

Artist, Catch, Photography, Think, Thinking