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| April 20 - 27 / 2006 |
In that other century in which I lived for 58 years I could dream. This was before people crossed the street while looking at their phones or quickly deciding which emoji to use in social media.
Particularly
in my career as a magazine photographer (and sometimes writer) in Vancouver I
discovered that I could dream of an idea and frequently I would see it soon in
print.
In the beginning of April 2006 the Georgia Straight assigned me to photograph opera director Nicholas Muni who was in town to direct Charles Gounod’s Faust.
I had the idea of somehow working on a collaboration (he and I called them colaboraciones) with my Argentine painter friend Juan Manuel Sánchez who was living in Vancouver at the time. He had exiled himself from his country because he had been part of an important artistic group called Grupo Espartaco who protested the Argentine military juntas through art expression.
Once I was given a green light I approached Sánchez and told him of the idea. I pointed out one thing he could not do. We were living in Vancouver so whatever he did it could not include nudity.
I handed Sánchez the 8x10 print you see here. He returned it the next day. Note his little sketch on the back of the photograph.
He smiled when I showed him the Georgia Straight which included a double illustration credit.
And both of us were paid!
It was a dream.