Did someone cut an onion, or are these celebrities crying because Matt Damon was guaranteed an Oscar this year? For serious, the images are part of the ‘Crying Men’ collection of photographic portraits by Sam Taylor-Wood. Showing what it looks like when Hollywood men cry is an interesting concept, but it’s no different then watching these guys sob on cue in one of their blockbuster films. Considering the fact that these gentlemen get paid to emote, the portraits seem contrived rather than genuine glimpses into the real lives of Robin Williams, Benicio Del Toro, Laurence Fishburne and so forth.
Taylor-Wood drives home this point in the following statement. “Some of the men cried before I even finished loading the camera, but others found it really difficult. People can decide for themselves which they think are the authentic tears and which they think are fake. It’s about the idea of taking these big, masculine men and showing a different side.” It would be interesting to find out which of these men actually had trouble crying, and which ones needed an extra box of Kleenex to stop the water works.
