i was drawn to the work of andrzej dragan when i read his comment that, "Some people claim that a good portrait will reveal some truth about the model. I'm undoubtedly sad to state that these people will not find anything interesting in my photography, which has no such purpose."
people often think that poetry is autobiographical, or in dragan's framing, revelatory about the writer's experiences, or life. the response to that assertion is complicated, i find. i don't really know how to answer when people attempt to guess who the subjects of my poems or stories are, or ask me when something in the writing has actually occurred...and they really don't seem to believe me when i tell them i have no idea.
at any rate, here are some gritty, decadent, voluptuous and beautifully set images of... darkness and lightness? elan and decay? you tell me. i think they belong here.
what do you think of them?
http://www.andrzejdragan.com/
(go to portfolio/personal--top left)
