Photographing Cultural Icons at Eye Level

Dana Lixenberg’s images reveal celebrities in a way that most people would never experience, letting audiences see them at their most raw and vulnerable

Tupac Shakur, 1993. Photo: Dana Lixenberg Celebrities have a way of seeming larger than life — sometimes it can be easy to forget that they’re real people. Dutch photographer Dana Lixenberg displays her talent for bringing cultural icons down to Earth, though, in her new show at Grimm Gallery, “American Images.”

“It’s a pretty once-in-a-lifetime thing to have images that become iconic,” Lixenberg says. And over the years, her work has done just that, particularly her well-known portraits of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G. Tupac gazes straight into the lens, challenging the viewer. Biggie, counting cash in a splashy Coogi sweater and dark shades, captured and encapsulated a cultural moment, ’90s hip-hop, at its peak.

“Sometimes I learn more about subjects even after the shoot,” Lixenberg explains. “In the moment, I’m so focused on the shoot … I really have to kind of get to the essence.”

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