12.20.2009

this existed






















Dad On Bed, 1985 © Larry Sultan

"Photography does stop time. It's an exterior form of memory: This existed. That's it's greatest truth, to leave a trace of what has been." - the late Larry Sultan, in an interview on Fresh Air.

Shouldn't most of us make, or have made, our own version of this picture?

2 comments:

Justine said...

Amen! Rest in Peace Larry Sultan.

Unknown said...

Couldn't agree more.