My photography on Substack
The years of my photography
I have been shooting for over forty years – from my teenage years to now. If you decide to follow me here on Substack, here are some samples of what I will be posting:
PUNK DAZE
Photographs that chronicled my life in Los Angeles from the late 1970s to the early 1980s. For example, I photographed Public Image Ltd when they performed on the ABC-TV show American Bandstand when I was in high school. My book is available here.
LAX / LA
I photographed people at Los Angeles International Airport and “archeological finds” in Los Angeles from 1980 to 1984. My book is available here.
NUDE REAGAN [nsfw]
After a 30-year break from photography, I shot a photo series featuring models wearing a Ronald Reagan mask with a small instant-film camera, inspired by the J. G. Ballard story “Why I Want To Fuck Ronald Reagan.” My book is available here.
RIVIERA
For three years I photographed the city of Palm Springs, California, with a wide-format instant camera. Tired of the “swimming pools & martinis” representation of a city that was obviously in distress, I photographed the often-gloomy and weathered underbelly of the Coachella Valley. My book is available here.
GHOST VARIATIONS
Late at night in the summer of 2018 I photographed the foreboding and near-mystical landscapes of the desert in the Coachella Valley, documenting an aimless, enigmatic state of wandering. My book is available here.
STILL [nsfw]
Inspired by early Flemish painting, I photographed a series in a shadowless office park – capturing the wax-sculpture quality of the women posing for me. My book is available here.
WOODLAND
In my unpublished series Woodland, I wandered across Northern California and Oregon, attempting to shoot the landscape as a source of ephemeral beauty.
ETERNAL [nsfw]
In my unpublished series Eternal, I photographed portraits of women in strained and abstract poses in an empty office space.
SPASMO [nsfw]
From my ongoing series Spasmo.
TORSO [nsfw]
From my ongoing series Torso.
THE WORLD IS A CORPSE
From my ongoing series The World is a Corpse.
THE FORBIDDEN PHOTOS OF LADIES ABOVE SUSPICION [nsfw]
From my ongoing series The Forbidden Photos of Ladies Above Suspicion (Le foto proibite delle signore per bene).
ATLAS [nsfw]
From my Polaroid series Atlas.
Please subscribe and I hope you enjoy my photography! all the best, John Brian King
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