Posts tagged funny
Posts tagged funny
“Q. When you were young, what were you looking for? You were looking
for Cartier-Bresson?
A. In ‘52, when I was in college at R.I.T. photography school, that’s
when I first saw a Cartier-Bresson photograph. It was with one of the
two girls in our class, Joan. I was courting her a little bit and we
were sitting in a girl’s dorm and she had brought out “The Decisive
Moment.” I laughed. She was pointing out the pictures that really
moved her and said that Cartier-Bresson was her true love. So I went
out and I bought a little Leica, a used Leica, and started to imitate
his images in some way. What I did was photograph the Lighthouse
Mission, which was all drunks. They gave them a sermon and a bologna
sandwich and a cup of coffee. And when they left, they’d pull out the
bottle again. But those pictures, were a little Cartier-Bressonish.
Q. Most importantly: did it work with her?
A. No. What happened is she ran off with an English professor. He
was an older man. I was left with Cartier-Bresson, which was good
enough.”
