INTIMATE PORTRAITURE

INTIMATE PORTRAITURE

EXPLORING SIGNIFICANCE THROUGH PORTRAITURE

RICHARD AVEDON

“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.”

RUSSELL LAIRD, TAMMY BAKER, SEVENTEEN YEAR OLDS

SWEETWATER, TEXAS, 1979

BOYD FORTIN, THIRTEEN YEAR OLDSWEETWATER, TEXAS, 1979

DAVE TIMOTHEY, NUCLEAR FALLOUT VICTIMOTEM, UTAH 1980

SANDRA BENNETT, 12 YEAR OLDROCKY FORD, COLORADO, 1980

RONALD FISCHER, BEEKEEPERDAVIS, CALIFORNIA 1981

JOYCE TENNESON

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

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

MAN RAY

“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.”

CHUCK CLOSE

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

ARNOLD NEWMAN

“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.”

YASUO KUNIYOSHI, NEW YORK, 1941

PABLO PICASSO, CANNES, 1956

WOODY ALLEN, NEW YORK, 1966

ANNIE LEIBOVITZ

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