Funny how a career in this flimsy, vexingly whimsical profession can turn on the simplest of things. A tick, a tock, a time, and a place. A question. A conversation. At the camera, a lucky sliver of a second when head, heart, eye, and right index finger really do click. “Random” doesn’t begin to describe it. But I can’t think of a better term, so let’s go with it.
In 1976 I went to New York to become a professional photographer. In the typically hubristic, arrogant fashion of know-nothing youth, I thought the combination of my engaging personality, my woeful and totally preliminary skill set as a shooter, and a ton of sheer ...
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