![]() ![]() “The pictures I take now and tomorrow and yesterday are about human events on a small order. Though photographic influences, like Henri Cartier-Bresson, André Kertész, Brassaï, Robert Frank, and Lisette Model, his teacher, played a role in the formation of Fink’s early vision, sparks of Goya, Daumier (a print by the artist hangs in Fink’s studio), and George Grosz, the atmosphere of a Cara- vaggio and the psychology of a Rembrandt, can also be found in his luminous and theatrical works. Emanating from a passionate psyche, they are also informed by a deep understanding and appreciation of the history of art. His written correspondence takes the shape of a beat poem or a jazz lick, but the images he creates with the camera are drawn from multi-layered influences. Having come of age in the beat generation, Fink has retained that sensibility. Passion- ate and outspoken with an impish nature, he enjoys good food and earthly delights. Larry Fink is a man who clearly enjoys the physicality and sensuality of the world around him. Pat Sabatine’s 8th Birthday Party, Martins Creek, April, 1977 The house itself is cozy-full of collections of rocks and shells, dolls, more found objects, paintings and drawings by friends and colleagues, and subtly, in between it all, the occasional classic Fink photograph is hung with a self-effacing lack of pomp. Found-object sculptures find their place on fences and between bushes. ![]() Surrounding the house, a portion of which was built in 1750, are woods, saucer-sized dahlias, bamboo stands, and a menagerie of animals (an emu, a llama, a horse, guinea hens, chickens, doves, tropical fish, a turtle, a dog, cats and toads, among other beasts), some roaming, others penned. The farm, where he has lived since 1974, is a compound of several buildings, one of which houses his studio and archives and the studio of his partner and wife of 19 years, the sculptor Martha Posner. ![]() My first experience of Larry was when I heard his piano playing drifting up from the lobby of my hotel as I descended the stairs to meet him on the first day of my visit to his farm and studio outside of Easton, Pennsylvania. I want to contribute that passion of living to posterity in the best way I can.”1 Attraction and Desire: Larry Fink’s Life in Photographyīy Olivia Lahs-Gonzales, essay from the book Larry Fink: Attraction and Desire: 50 Years in Photography, published by The Sheldon Art Galleries. ![]()
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