Contemplations
![Bash Bish Falls, Massachusetts, 1971](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cc4162c91e2e1912873dd9c85435ccf95b93294acaa701198b15a5f7e67bd8cf/Prints_023.jpeg)
Bash Bish Falls, Massachusetts, 1971
These photographs were made between the late 1960s and early 1980s. They feature people deeply absorbed in their thoughts or by their surroundings. They reflect a range of expressions—concern, curiosity, puzzlement, tranquility, apprehension, sadness, joy, worry, wonder. I have long been drawn to the way people can lose themselves in the moment. Time stands still.
Something is revealed. I have been lucky that these contemplations have occurred in my presence, fortunate that the people I have photographed—many of whom I have known, others complete strangers—have been able to relax in the presence of the camera, without self consciousness or pretension. It is their gift to themselves and to me.
![Rip Torn, New York, 1969](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/76a8bc98ad9b2ef92a081a0d609d1d94192986c24f595a2ab583b0951620114b/Celebs_etc_300dpi_055.jpeg)
![Wendy, Katonah, NY, 1984](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ffbbf2a478115aacef40020e33c16624e68d210e6830883183038186e8fb2031/Prints_at_300_dpi_056.jpeg)
![William Kunstler, Mamaroneck, NY, 1970](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4029af45ddd7881b9ec69eef85d8d078418416abfe0c3390c88d50dc4bfdebc2/Image066.jpeg)
![Ike Turner, Las Vegas, 1969](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bfbc7ca0e41cd554ff805999223923fe3db2f281fe49cc0a2dcd8b08901ddac8/Screen-Shot-2020-12-12-at-2.29.01-PM.png)
![Scotland, 1985](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/969f6a5a81400246114eaacddf2db30c9f57b8b2e6e68854bbc0f07897bc6bba/Prints_008.jpeg)
![Erica, Great Barrington, 1971](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e3f1d17969bd2d8f2ed8d8320b54474f7a845e41e161ab5db09b50a64da92e36/Prints_01_056.jpeg)
![Herb, Great Barrington, 1971](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/03b2d979ef02264a0a00ee7152f91f4b11efc56f2866bac4e49145063321cf15/Prints_01_059.jpeg)
![Erica, Great Barrington, 1971](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/828ae9263760bbfafd9060ab3eab603152a0305d3e5556a6612ae893c7adf250/Prints_040.jpeg)
![Judy, East Hampton, 1970](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ce492b61b1bbebc78e5ad49f6d648c901071f13084b97dfd130d8b59a4254725/Prints_at_600_dpi_036.jpg)
![Olwen, East Hampton, 1974](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/16010ac73bfbf067edca8deb710e94ec88daedf2708d66e4dae7d6f1de21de73/Prints_at_300_dpi_037.jpeg)