Thursday, March 26, 2009

Picasso's Flashlight Bull



Fortune magazine recently featured this photo in the insert Moments in Time part of The LIFE Picture Collection.

I love this picture - for me it is about the genius and the freedom in the artist that Picasso embraced and that is present in so many artists and in a sense in all of us as unique individuals.

I first ran into this photograph several years ago in the book Talking Pictures by Kismaric and Heiferman. Several people were invited to talk about a picture of their choice that had a lasting impact in their lives. Tony Bennett chose this one by Gjon Mili of Picasso drawing a bull with a flashlight. Mili captured the moment with perfect balance and 'light'.

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