Andy Warhol

I recently remembered the work of Andy Warhol. and his film 'Sleep', where he filmed a man sleeping for 6 hours. That is all the film consists of, it simply observes the man as he sleeps, his facial and body expressions.
I find this fascinating, and I can certainly relate to it with my work in the way my photographs observe people's fears and anxieties when confronted with darkness.





I am really quite captivated with this films, and I find it quite interesting to just observe what the people's facial expressions are.




Again Warhol did something simlar in another film, but this time he filmed for 35 minutes the reaction of a man receiving oral sex, which is seen in the still below.

Here, Warhol has really invaded a private space, and observed someone at a very intimate time. By doing this he is clearly able to get the raw reaction from the man, it is honest and completley open.




The still below is of a film where a man is eating for 45 minutes.



It is the honesty in Warhol's images that I particualrly like. The way he simply observes peoples reactions to various things that they are doing.
This is certainly something that I want to experiment with.