“I have an intense desire to record life as I see it, as I feel it. As long as I’m amazed and astonished, as long as I feel that events, messages, expressions and movements are all shot through with the miraculous, I’ll feel filled with the certainty I need to keep going. When that day comes, my doubts will vanish.”
~ Louis Faurer (1916 - 2001)
Louis didn’t chase moments—he met them. That was his gift. An eye that moved as quickly as the world itself, translating instinct into image without friction, without pause. No hesitation. He knew the streets because he belonged to them, and the city revealed itself accordingly. Here, you feel that alignment—figures passing through light, carrying something unspoken. These are quintessential New Yorkers, from an older New York.
Tulip Cab Corp, 1950 is apart of our current exhibition: New York City Never Sleeps. Click below to view more works from the exhibition.