“When you are truly in love and then you lose it, you feel like you’re being emptied out.”
Curator Mia Fineman on a large-scale photogram by Adam Fuss from 1992.
Love
Mia Fineman
2 min. watch
Contributors
Mia Fineman
Curator, Department of Photographs
Curator, Department of Photographs
Photography by Karin L. Willis
Rights and Permissions:
"Bleeding Hearted Blues," originally released 1923. Written by Lovie Austin, performed by Bessie Smith. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment. Under license from Sony Music Commercial Music Group, a division of Sony Music Entertainment.
Art Mentioned
Adam Fuss
1992
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