This is one of Richard Price’s more celebrated writings from 1980 Why I go to the Movies Alone Pg. 3-6 The Perfect Tense A lot of people wish they were someone else. And some of us would like to exchange … Continue reading →

Today I reread the first part of The White Album by Joan Didion. I put an acetate protector around the dust jacket of a first edition of Susan Sontag’s On Photography, and I read parts of it again before putting … Continue reading →

Photographing or re-photographing photographs is reckless. Film has a natural ability to appropriate and pirate. Published pictures are available to anyone who cares to use them and re-photographing a published image is making a new picture effortlessly. Re-photographing a previously … Continue reading →

-The original material comes mostly from advertising sections of contemporary mass market magazines. -Some of the material comes from travel brochures or newspaper sections advertising travel. Also sections advertising liquor, cigarette, perfume and other accessories. -Any time the material is … Continue reading →

An excellent piece of writing from Richard Prince. Today was Memorial Day, a Monday, and he had to work a twelve hour shift starting at six p.m. He usually takes about a two hour break, and when he got to … Continue reading →

Prior Availability 1977 West 11St. NYC The material I appropriate is available to anyone who cares to use it. The fact that the material has possibly been observed or unconsciously collected by person’s other than myself, in effect defines its … Continue reading →