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Photography as art in the films of NY and elsewhere

Whoever was doing the production design on The Upside went into culture hyperdrive, there was art everywhere. Being set in New York it was great to see that in the billionaire's penthouse, amongst the Twomblys and Ruscha were plenty of photographs. Photographs as art, a concept that despite some lip service, never really took off in Britain. 

In these screenshots, over by the fireplace is a Joel Meyerowtiz 70's street photo, the black and white gas tower is perhaps by, or is in the manner of, Vera Lutter, and the portrait with hands looks like it's of painter Georgia O'Keefe so I'm guessing it's by Alfred Steiglitz, (yeah, it is).

Imagine a set designer in a British production using photographs as art in a chic appartment location; unlike painting or a bit of sculpture it would be so unexpected as to be likely deemed too distracting to the drama and taken down.