Understanding Joshua: Vulnerability on Film
Exploring Male Self-Loathing Through Photographic Puppetry

 Listen as Jacki Lyden photographer and Charlie White discuss his photographs.

 View an "Understanding Joshua" photo gallery.

Ken's Basement, an image from Charlie White's "Understanding Joshua" series. View a photo gallery.

June 1, 2002 -- Charlie White photographs vulnerability.

Using a humanoid puppet he calls "complete fragility manifest in a body," White presents human frailty through a fictional character, much as a novelist might.

As White tells Jacki Lyden for Weekend All Things Considered, his puppet, called Joshua, helps him to explore the themes of male self-image and self-loathing. White places Joshua in a series of vulnerable situations -- at a cocktail party or a lover's house -- and photographs the scene.

His photographs are currently on display at the Orange County Museum of Art in Newport Beach, California.

Other Resources

• Visit the Orange County Museum of Art.

• View White's work at the Andrea Rosen Gallery.

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