INTIMATE PORTRAITURE EXPLORING SIGNIFICANCE THROUGH PORTRAITURE A portrait

INTIMATE PORTRAITURE EXPLORING SIGNIFICANCE THROUGH PORTRAITURE

“A portrait photographer depends upon another person to complete his picture. The subject imagined, which in a sense is me, must be discovered in someone else willing to take part in a fiction he cannot possibly know about. ” RICHARD AVEDON

RUSSELL LAIRD, TAMMY BAKER, SEVENTEEN YEAR OLDS SWEETWATER, TEXAS, 1979

BOYD FORTIN, THIRTEEN YEAR OLD SWEETWATER, TEXAS, 1979

DAVE TIMOTHEY, NUCLEAR FALLOUT VICTIM OTEM, UTAH 1980

SANDRA BENNETT, 12 YEAR OLD ROCKY FORD, COLORADO, 1980

RONALD FISCHER, BEEKEEPER DAVIS, CALIFORNIA 1981

“If I had to pick a single word to describe what my pictures are all about, I would say 'secrets. ' “ JOYCE TENNESON

“At a couple of days old, the puppies were more alien than cute. ” WILLIAM WEGMAN

“Some of the most complete and satisfying works of art have been produced when their authors had no idea of creating a work of art, but were concerned with the expression of an idea. ” MAN RAY

“I've always thought that problem solving is highly overrated and that problem creation is far more interesting. ” CHUCK CLOSE

“We don't take pictures with our cameras. We take them with our hearts and we take them with our minds, and the camera is nothing more than a tool. ” ARNOLD NEWMAN

YASUO KUNIYOSHI, NEW YORK, 1941

PABLO PICASSO, CANNES, 1956

WOODY ALLEN, NEW YORK, 1966

“I don’t have two lives; This is one life, and the personal pictures and the assignment work are all part of it. ” ANNIE LEIBOVITZ