Places can really bring meaning.

I was looking at Richard Avedon's photos from the American West collection in the Amon Carter Museum today. They are larger than life portraits taken on stark whie backgrounds. My favorite is John Harrison, Lumber Salesman and his daughter, Melissa, Lewisville, Texas 11/22/81. I was thinking about the places these photos were taken - Wyoming, California, El Paso, etc. - and what those people's lives must be like. Then a couple speaking French came into the gallery. It occurred to me how much they're missing out of by not necessarily understanding the places the way I do.