Artist statement
Larry Fink, Martin’s Creek, PA, a professional photographer of over 55 years, is one of America’s most noted photographers.
He has had one man shows at the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of Modern Art, the San Francisco Museum of Art, among others. He has been awarded two John Simon Guggenheim Fellowships in 1976 and 1979, and two National Endowment for the Arts, Individual Photography Fellowships in 1978 and 1986. He has been teaching for over 52 years. Since 1988, he has been a professor of photography at Bard College.
Regarding the auction piece…
Back Porch has striking similarities and is referential to a specific image in Fink’s book Social Graces. The image has ties to the past, and the area, and as Fink has put it, “The image moves back and forth in time…”