A number of years ago, during a stint of unemployment, I was assisting a friend, a still-life photographer out in his Brooklyn studio. One day, after a day’s shoot, we went into Manhattan to drop off the film and while we waited for it to be processed by the lab, we had dinner and drinks.Continue reading ““God Does Crap””
Tag Archives: Robert Frank
“…there is no more dreaming…”
“Now, there is no more dreaming, really.” – Robert Frank
“I wanted to present what I saw, pure and simple.”
“The pictures have to talk, not me.” – Robert Frank “Leaving Home, Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank”
Leaving Home, Coming Home
“The pictures have to talk, not me.” – Robert Frank, “Leaving Home, Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank”
“…the instantaneous reaction….”
“It is always the instantaneous reaction to oneself that produces a photograph.” – Robert Frank
Louis Faurer
I have been thinking a lot of Louis Faurer lately. Originally from Philadelphia, Faurer spent some time in New York teaching, and of course photographing. Not many people know of his work or that Robert Frank was a friend of his. They both met at the Design Laboratory, run by Alexey Brodovitch, then, art directorContinue reading “Louis Faurer”
Always Moving
I’m never content. Always moving. I’ve noticed my son is this way too. Being on the street is search for meaning. I dove into the wreck of this humanity. I’ve become an unwitting existentialist. Sometimes I get close to whatever it is. Sometimes I just have to laugh at the world and myself. What wereContinue reading “Always Moving”
“…life…”
“Above all, I know that a life for a photographer cannot be a matter of indifference.” – Robert Frank
