- Place of Birth
- Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
David Haxton
DirectingBiography
David Haxton (b. 1943, Indianapolis, Indiana) is an artist who works primarily in Photography and Film. His films from the 1970’s and early 1980’s were made mostly in negative, with a static camera position, and were made in one take. In these films the space filmed is revealed gradually by a performer, while the intrinsic flatness of the illuminated screen is maintained. In 1976 Haxton bought an 8×10 camera and started photographing the leftover sets from his films. The photographs are like the films, in that they take place in the studio. Haxton states that “The photographed set started in ...
