The Photography of R.C. Hörsch
In his former lives, photographer R.C. Hörsch has been an artist, filmmaker, composer, writer, drug smuggler and sociopath. In the 1960’s and 1970’s, he enjoyed mild success (and notoriety) as an art forger, counterfeiter, draft dodger, marijuana importer, air show stunt pilot and, occasionally, as a political activist. For seven years during the Viet Nam era, he was an army deserter claiming religious status as a devout coward. Then, prompted by foiled antisocial activities and pressures from the F.B.I, the D.E.A. and Interpol, Hörsch entertained an eight year career as an international fugitive. He lived mostly in New Zealand and Australia during those years.
On the artistic front, Hörsch is perhaps most endearingly recalled for his 1960’s magazine layouts which juxtaposed high fashion models against “skid row” escorts. On a freelance basis, he w0rked for the Children’s Television Workshop during its pioneering first year. In the 1970’s he produced several low budget features and directed many television commercials in conjunction with producing and/or directing theatrical pornographic films like the 1973 cult classic “The Erotic Memoirs of a Male Chauvinist Pig” which starred Georgina “Devil in Miss Jones” Spelvin. Ever the Renaissance man, Hörsch has written film scores and a number of avant-garde musical compositions as well as a smorgasbord of screenplays, short stories and poetry. A collection of his demented philosophical essays, inspired by his sojourn in prison, are awaiting their second printing.
