
How’s this for a concept? In his series Camera Club, Chris Verene infiltrated the world of “camera clubs,” groups of dirty old men who lure young girls into modeling nude or seminude by placing classified ads in newspapers and pretending to be professional fashion photographers. He posed as a camera club photographer, joined the group and played the part, but then turned his camera on the photographers themselves. By positioning himself behind the men and pretending to be tinkering with his camera – loading his film, testing his flash – Verene could easily release his shutter without arousing the suspicion of his already distracted colleagues. More here.