Patrick Zachmann Gala. Salle Gaveau, Paris, France. 1981.
"I like the subtle link between the photographic act and the unconscious. That of the photographer, resolutely subjective, but also that of the reader. Whe (...)
n I approached this young boy with a worried look, did I think of that iconic image from the Shoah, the boy with the cap in the Warsaw ghetto, his arms in the air?" © Patrick Zachmann | Magnum Photos
Patrick Zachmann Mr. Friedman, electrician and Yiddish poet, with his wife. Rue Richer, Paris, France. October 1981. “These are my neighbors on Rue Richer. I like the face of Mr. Friedman, who defines himself as an (...)
electrician and Yiddish poet. He came from Russia. He and his wife argue frequently. One day, he asks me to take his portrait in front of his typewriter. He settles down, I get ready to take the picture, but before I release the shutter, his wife joins and stands behind him. There is no way she is not going to be in the picture! I feel a tension. He understands that she has imposed herself and is unhappy about it. I change my frame to include her and shoot. I find these two so touching!" © Patrick Zachmann | Magnum Photos
Patrick Zachmann First worldwide meeting of Holocaust survivors. A survivor of a concentration camp. Jerusalem. June 1981. "This survivor pulls out two photos and shows them to me, asking: "Guess where I am." I am (...)
uncomfortable with this unsettling riddle, which nevertheless allows me to take this image." © Patrick Zachmann | Magnum Photos