#879 - Charles Harbutt

Flirt, Lower East Side, NY, 1960, printed later
#879 - Charles Harbutt

“I soon understood that I could get closer to the feel of things by taking pictures.”

 

~ Charles Harbutt
1935-2015

 

Charles Harbutt had a wonderful sensibility for the banality of everyday life. He held a special ability of documenting human experience and turning it into poetry for the eyes. Whether you can relate to the passion of the dancing couple or the determination of the woman caught in deep-thought, we are captivated by beauty of simply being alive that shines through this photograph.