Christopher Anderson “I was assigned to photograph the artist Chuck Close for The New York Times Magazine. There have been so many images of Chuck made over the years. There are also, of course, Chuck’s paintings of hi
(...) mself, and many of the photographs made of him tend to reference these paintings.
I knew that I wanted to make a photograph that didn’t mimic Chuck’s work. I wanted to feel his presence in the image. I wanted to sense the passage of time on his face and his isolation, without actually seeing the wheelchair. Intimacy and empathy go hand in hand.”
– Christopher Anderson © Christopher Anderson | Magnum Photos
