Is photographer Tyler Shields a plagiarist or a postmodernist?
Representatives of the GuyHepner Gallery, which sells the works of photographer Tyler Shields, say that the cost of his photographs varies from $ 5,000 to $ 15,000. Shields himself assures that the price of works sometimes reaches $ 175,000.
Tyler Shields' photographic works are exhibited in galleries around the world. But it would not seem surprising if the photos of the famous photographer did not so much resemble the famous pictures in the history of photography.
Photo from left: Tyler Shields, 2010. Photo on the right: Terry Richardson, 2005
Photo from left: Tyler Shields, 2011. Photo on the right: Guy Bourdain, 1979
Photo from left: Tyler Shields, 2015. Photo on the right: Henry Lutweiler, 2012
Photo from left: Tyler Shields, 2014. Photo on the right: Sally Mann, 1989
Photo from left: Tyler Shields, 2014. Photo on the right: Helmut Newton, 1982
Photo from left: Tyler Shields, 2014. Photo on the right: Diana Arbus, 1966
Photo from left: Tyler Shields, 2015. Photo on the right: Irwin Penn, 1986
Photo from left: Tyler Shields, 2009. Screenshots on the right: footage from Moby's video We Are All Made of Stars, 2002
Photo from left: Tyler Shields, 2014. Photo on the right: Annie Leibovitz, 1984
Photo from left: Tyler Shields, 2015. Photo on the right: Helmut Newton, 1975
Photo from left: Tyler Shields, 2015. Photo on the right: Helmut Newton, 1967. (Newton's photo is apparently inspired by Hitchcock's "North by Northwest")
Photo from left: Tyler Shields, 2015. Photo on the right: cover of the single Yeah Yeah Yeahs, 2009
Photo from left: Tyler Shields, 2013. Photo on the right: Ryan McGinley, 2007
Photo from left: Tyler Shields, 2013. Photo on the right: Ryan McGinley, 2007
Photo from left: Tyler Shields, 2011. Photo on the right: Robert Bailey, 1976
Photo from left: Tyler Shields, 2012. Photo on the right: Nick Veasey, 2008
Photo from left: Tyler Shields, 2012. Photo on the right: Nick Veasey, 2010
Photo from left: Tyler Shields, 2015. Photo on the right: Larry Clark, 1968
Photo from left: Tyler Shields, 2015. Photo on the right: Terry Richardson, 1998