Robert Kalman - A Newsletter
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To Be Seen
“A true portrait is not evidence that someone existed.
It is evidence that, for a moment, they allowed themselves to be seen.”
-Tom Parsons
Portrait of Kelly from a glass negative. Lower East Side, NYC. 2026. ©Robert Kalman
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"The Thing That Happens Between Us"
"I've worked out of a series of no's. No to exquisite light, no to apparent compositions, no to the seduction of poses or narrative. And all these no's force me to the 'yes.' I have a white background. I have the person I'm interested in...
Portrait of Our Nation
Hope is a tattered flag and a dream out of time.
-Carl Sandburg
Pound Ridge, NY. 2026. ©Robert Kalman
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To Care About a Stranger
It is easy to make a picture of someone and call it a portrait. The difficulty lies in making a picture that makes the viewer care about a stranger
-Paul Strand
Cheveryll. London. 2008. ©Robert Kalman
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The Most Difficult Thing...Is A Portrait
“The most difficult thing for me is a portrait. It’s not at all like someone you catch on the street. You have to try and put your camera between the skin of a person and his shirt, which is not an easy thing.”
- Henri Cartier-Bress...
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