May 1, 2012

This issue, it’s a throwdown between two titans of Tulsa photography — Gaylord Herron and Larry Clark. PUBLIC SECRETS: Lee Roy Chapman remembers the Lew Clark Studio, where Larry Clark learned the craft. TULSA REVEALED: Shantelle Jennings writes of her mother and father, both key figures in Larry Clark’s photo essay, Tulsa. THE GENESIS OF VAGABOND: Grant McClintock profiles the making of a photographic masterpiece–Gaylord Herron’s Vagabond. IS LARRY CLARK OBSCENE?: Denver Nicks weighs in on the issue of Clark’s controversially filmmaking, with an analysis of Ken Park. JUST A SHOT AWAY: Vanity Fair contributor Nick Tosches adds his own thoughts to the legacy of Clark’s critically acclaimed book. ME AND LARRY: Randy Roberts Potts writes about his and Larry Clark’s shared sense of catharsis through documenting and teaching adolescents. TWO TULSAS: Lauren Ross critiques Herron and Clark’s respective views of Tulsa. ORIGINAL OKIE: Grant McClintock photographs Bill Rabon, Tulsa-based artist and Vagabond muse.