Literature

“Louis Faurer, a newcomer in the field of documentary reporting, is a lyricist with a camera, a seeker and finder of magic in some of the highways and byways of life.”~ Edward Steichen 1948 The great Edward Steichen wrote these accurate words about Faurer on the occasion of Steichen’s first large survey exhibition of photography at the Museum of Modern Art which included Faurer.I always sensed that Faurer was somewhat of a tortured romantic as is evidenced by this haunting, longing image of a solitary woman in Times Square. What is her story? I’m sure Faurer never knew and neither will we but it doesn’t matter. It is still beautiful.