





 |
| |
"Sometimes
you can connect with your subject in an excitingly fruitful way. David
Byrne of Talking Heads fame was a joy to work with. We said very little.
Yet the empathy was real, for he instinctively knew what I wanted
to do.
|
|
|
| |
The empathy was real, for he instinctively knew what I wanted to
do
|
| |
I
photographed him using wide-angle lens with sun streaming through
a glass box like enclosure on a roof. I shot four rolls of film. |
|
|
That
sort of experience gave me an insight into how Barbara Morgan achieved
so much in the 30s photographing Martha Graham, the innovatory dancer.
The pictures were personal, private and intuitive with very little
staginess; they were two people who understood one another. |
Photographs on this page (left to right, descending):
David Byrne, London 1998 - © copyright Peter Williams.
Herbie Hancock - © copyright Peter Williams.
Photograph of
Jacqueline du Pré & Daniel Barenboim, is © copyright Clive
Barda. All other photographs in this article are © copyright Peter
Williams. The images used in this article may not be copied or reproduced
without the express permission of the copyright holder.
|
 |