Robert heinecken photography biography
Biography.
Robert Heinecken ( – May 19, ) was an American artist who referred to himself as a "paraphotographer" because he so often made photographic images..
Robert Heinecken
Robert Heinecken (1931 – May 19, 2006)[1] was an American artist who referred to himself as a "paraphotographer" because he so often made photographic images without a camera.[2]
Early life and education
Born in Denver in 1931, Heinecken grew up in Riverside, California, the son of a Lutheran minister.
He joined the Navy in 1954 and served as a fighter pilot (though too short, he passed a height test by padding his socks with paper). Heinecken later served as an officer in the Marines, discharged as a captain in 1957.[3]
Heinecken completed his bachelor's and master's degrees in art at UCLA, where he studied printmaking as well as photography.[4]
Work
Heinecken was known for appropriating and re-processing images from magazines, product packaging or television.
In "Are You Rea" series from 1964 to 1968, for instance, he created a portfolio of images filled with unexpected and sometimes surreal juxtapositions by p