Archive for the 'Inspiration' Category


Not an illusion 0

In November 2006 I was lucky enough to attend a lecture called “Being A Photographer” by the late, great John Szarkowski at the Getty in Los Angeles.  To conclude his lecture Mr. Szarkowski gave an artist’s statement to end all artists’ statements:

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Balthus 0

The Street, 1933

“Though set in a real place—the rue Bourbon-le-Château, Paris—The Street has the intensity of a dream.” — MoMA Highlights, 1999

Jean Beraud 0

The Church of Saint-Philippe-du-Roule, Paris 1877