What's the name of the photographer mentioned in Anne Baby's Rose Island?

The first article in Rose Island is Goodbye, Time. My version is Tianjin People's Publishing House, page 22. Sue, a photographer with "She" as the protagonist, mentioned an American photographer named Joel Peter Vitkin. Joel grew up in a slum in Brooklyn, new york. At the age of six, he witnessed a car accident, and the girl's head rolled at his feet. Since then, all his works have explored violence, pain and death. Sue commented on him: too long darkness will make us feel cold.

Khan looked through a lot of books and found that there was only one real photographer. I hope it can be the one you are looking for.

I found this on a forum in Anne.

No, I brought medicine. Sue said that if we are too scared, many things can't be crossed. There is an American photographer, Joel Peter Vitkin. He grew up in the slums of Brooklyn, new york. When he was 6 years old, he witnessed a car accident. A crushed little girl's head rolled on his foot. This childhood experience influenced his later creation. All his works explore violence, pain and death, pointing to deformed people and human pathology. A reporter asked him why he didn't want to shoot pure things, because he thought it would be vulgar. He said that pleasing things are easy to do, but just like using an automatic camera, I can't get enough of them. My work needs to go to the light, but it must go through the darkness first.

I like this sentence that Sue said very much. I'm a photographer, too, but I don't take pictures like Joel. I don't shoot men who hang themselves by their testicles, dead dogs with fruits and vegetables in their wounds, living people without limbs, and kissing dead people's heads. If the darkness lasts too long, it will make us feel cold. Something I've always wanted to shoot.

The following website is a blog with some photos of him. If you think it is art, appreciation is good, but most people will feel queasy.