Jeremy Kost (Kunst)

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Jeremy Kost is known on the New York circuit as "the Polaroid artist." While the digital wave continues to gather force in contemporary art, Kost creates art with his tried and true Polaroid cameras. Because famous persons, including Paris Hilton and Lindsey Lohan, embrace his creative methods, Kost has direct access to their relaxed environments. The artist exposes the reality of celebrities and the fashion and art elite in compelling, unstaged Polaroid photographs. Influenced by Andy Warhol, he also finds inspiration in underground scenes of the East Village and the Lower East Side. The artist responds spontaneously and directly to whatever this eclectic, gritty world presents him. Instead of relying on lighting, make-up, or styling, he seizes upon the integrity of the moment. Whether his shots convey the energy of a hedonistic smile, or the honest look of true exhaustion, Kost's art reveals the character of his subjects with uncompromising immediacy.

Jeremy has had numerous exhibitions of his work in New York, Dallas, Miami, Washington DC, Paris, and Tokyo. Most recently he was included in The International Center of Photography's Triennial Exhibition "Dress Codes". His work has been published in V, Vogue Hommes Japan and others. In 2009 his book "Love.Hate.Nature." was published by The International Center of Photography.

Jeremy was born in Corpus Christi, TX and lives & works in New York City.

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