Philip lorca dicorcia biography for kids

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    • Philip-Lorca diCorcia

    American photographer

    Philip-Lorca diCorcia (born )[1] is an American photographer, living in New York City. He teaches at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.[2]

    Early life and education

    DiCorcia was born in in Hartford, Connecticut.[1] His father, Philip Joseph DiCorcia, a major architect in Hartford, operated Philip J. DiCorcia Associates.[3] The DiCorcia family is of Italian descent, having moved to the United States from Abruzzo. He attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, where he earned a diploma in and a 5th year certificate in Afterwards diCorcia attended Yale University, where he received a Master of Fine Arts in photography in [2]

    Work

    DiCorcia alternates between informal snapshots and iconic quality staged compositions that often have a baroque theatricality.[4]

    Using a carefully planned staging, he takes everyday occurrences beyond the realm of banalit