LARRY FINK: “Attraction and Desire – Larry Fink’s Life in Photography” (2011)

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“Attraction and Desire – Larry Fink’s Life in Photography” (2011)

Pat Sabatine’s 8th Birthday Party, Martins Creek, April, 1977
Attraction and Desire: Larry Fink’s Life in Photography

By Olivia Lahs-Gonzales, essay from the book Larry Fink: Attraction and Desire: 50 Years in Photography, published by The Sheldon Art

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Larry Fink is a man who clearly enjoys the physicality and sensuality of the world around him. Passion- ate and outspoken with an impish nature, he enjoys good food and earthly delights. Having come of age in the beat generation, Fink has retained that sensibility. 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