thechrisproject photography

I find portraits fascinating. I’ve never really done much of it, but I really love good portrait work. Jörg Colberg has been talking about it for a while and I always enjoy his writing, even when I’m disagreeing with it. He published this portrait of Cat Power (aka Chan Marshall) by Richard Avedon.

Cat later told Ocean Drive Magazine,

“I was so drunk I could barely stand up,” Marshall recalls of the weeklong bender that deposited her in front of Avedon’s lens. “My organs were so messed up from drinking I was in physical pain. I couldn’t zip up my pants because my stomach was killing me. I didn’t even realize I wasn’t wearing underwear until the magazine came out.” With a touch of embarrassment, she adds, “I had to explain to my grandmother that this was the definitive photographer of the 20th century.”

I don’t really have a lot to add here. Go read the rest of Jörg’s post.

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