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'GUNBOY' by Toyin

Linking to her ongoing work ‘The Cult of Boys’, Toyin's offering for Political Fashion looks at the modern sexualisation of both the pubescent male and violence. Drawing on the political charge of contemporary images of gun culture, her unsettling film questions the moral behind our current ideas of ‘cool’.

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  • VikramKansara
    03:55 7 Mar 2008
    Somebody's been flipping through Larry Clark's Tulsa.
  • BradGough
    03:55 7 Mar 2008
    Those skinny kids need a sandwich and a hug!
  • whitewidow
    06:18 7 Mar 2008
    Nice shots Toyin... you're so good.
  • GalileosUniverse
    08:02 7 Mar 2008
    Great black and white SHOTS !
  • marko
    10:00 7 Mar 2008
    It's all taken from Larry Clark, his work is much better as it features real situations and guns, not fabricated angst with models.
  • GalileosUniverse
    15:10 7 Mar 2008
    Was you remark intended to enlighten us with you knowledge about photography or do you feel that it is all unfair and/of detrimental to Larry Clark's work ... by Tonyn attempting to put her point of view when using possibly Clark's work as an inspiration ..... regardless how similar her work is or might be to Clark's work ? .... and yet I dare to assume that his work is undoubtedly 'inspired' by real life images that we are used to seeing .....
  • GalileosUniverse
    15:11 7 Mar 2008
    Was you remark intended to enlighten us with you knowledge about photography or do you feel that it is all unfair and/of detrimental to Larry Clark's work ... by Tonyn attempting to put her point of view when using possibly Clark's work as an inspiration ..... regardless how similar her work is or might be to Clark's work ? .... and yet his work is undoubtedly 'inspired' by real life images that we are used to seeing .....
  • lubinus
    18:30 7 Mar 2008
    YOU ARE SO BRILLIANT! xxx thank you for amazing work.
  • lubinus
    19:19 7 Mar 2008
    marko- this is fashion, not documentary!!! and thats what it is about- don't you get it? plus- if we always would compare who's been 'first'- whats Larry's influence? anyways- thats not the point. Toyins film is about fashion and it's contraversity within - think about it.
    ;) !
  • zedisded
    14:07 8 Mar 2008
    AH! SHE IS THE ONE STUCK IN THE 70',
    DO NOT BUY AN AGENDA BODY! YOU GONE A HAVE A SURPRISE.
    BUT THERE IS A LOT OF WORK, I ADMIT AND I DO NOT TALK ABOUT THE LARRY THINK!
  • shockhorror
    11:09 11 Mar 2008
    The black and white shots were excellent. I'm really loving this project.
  • MarkPavey
    17:39 24 Mar 2008
    Toyin, are you trying to make the point that an element of psychological behaviour of anorexic young white males (plus the occasional anorexic female) is that they spend a lot of time playing with toy guns whilst sat in the bath or leaning against walls. When they pull the trigger does a little white flag with the word "BANG" on it, come out of the barrel?
  • WilliamCruzBermeo
    21:28 24 Mar 2008
    Yes, I thought about Larry Clark's pics too, but no matters to me, it's no a problem. These are good pics!! Congratulations for your work.
  • SamMurray
    18:06 24 Apr 2008
    To find it so unsettling on all levels I think it's brilliant! - For Political Fashion, a fashion shoot extreme - and does the trick on every level.
    From fame to a fall, despair and discovery, excitement seekers to show stoppers! Anti-fashion, anti-fame.
    and I agree with Lubinus!