Philip-Lorca diCorcia

Hustlers . 1990-1992

Mike Vincetti, 24 years old, New York, New York, $30 . 1990-1992

+ David Zwirner

Philip-Lorca diCorcia’s Hustlers series (1990-1992), taken just over twenty years ago in Los Angeles in the vicinity of Santa Monica Boulevard, feature male prostitutes posing for the camera for a fee loosely equivalent to what they would charge for their sexual services. DiCorcia paid the subjects with grant money awarded to him by the National Endowment for the Arts, a bold gesture during the controversial years that witnessed censorship of NEA-supported exhibitions by Robert Mapplethorpe, Andres Serrano, and other artists.
David Zwirner

Eric Holt, 19 years old, Santa Fe, New Mexico, $25 . 1990-92

Rance DiGaetano III, 28 years old, Glendale, California, $30 / ‘Rose’ Eunice Belcourt, 22 years old, Vancouver, California, $30 . 1990-92

unknown, 1990-92