© Victor Cobo, “Take a Break from the Madness of the World and Enter This Altered Reality, Self-Portrait,” San Francisco, CA, 2014 Courtesy of ClampArt, New York City
Over the past two decades, Victor Cobo has used photography to explore the dark corners of the human psyche. His work uses a compelling mix of documentary and staged scenes, addressing the primal mysteries of life and death, damnation and salvation, trauma and sex.
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“I’m an emotional person that has had my bout with addiction, depression and anxiety,” Cobo says. “My biological father is mentally ill, was addicted to heroin and an acute alcoholic. I think the aspect of isolation and drama comes out in my work. I utilise to my advantage his psychosis that I most likely inherited. I try to turn these aspects of darkness into beautiful and sometimes even playful images.”
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In the new exhibition Remember When You Loved Me?, Cobo uses photography to spellbinding effect. Drawing inspiration from surrealism, film noir, and German expressionism, the photographer has transformed the camera into a therapeutic medium.
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© Victor Cobo, “The Stud,” San Francisco, CA, 2011 Courtesy of ClampArt, New York City
© Victor Cobo, “Tiny Tears Make Up an Ocean, Baby Dale’s Last Dance, Policeman Who Found an Abandoned Baby Tosses Her a Flower,” San Jose, CA, 2003 Courtesy of ClampArt, New York City