Larry Clark

The Profile

Larry Clark (born 1943, Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American photographer and film director. He gained notoriety with the photo book Tulsa and later moved into filmmaking with Kids, followed by Bully, Ken Park, and Wassup Rockers. His work often confronts youth culture with stark realism.

American photographer and filmmaker known for stark depictions of youth, collaboration with Harmony Korine on Kids, and the influential photo book Tulsa.

Two reviews tackle Larry Clark’s teen-centric, raw realism: skateboards, punk backdrops, sex and drugs. Wassup Rockers is faulted for mannered aesthetics, thin plotting, and flat performances. Ken Park is seen as raw and scandalous yet self-congratulatory and partly commercial. Overall: provocative themes, mixed execution.