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From the website: MY FIRST MONTAGE [above]
From the website: I first saw Paris in 1954 – after a three-day tour of brothels and bars in several cities between there and Frankfurt where I was stationed as a GI. It wasn't until I realized that I had no money left and only nine hours to report back to barracks that I decided to take a few pictures of this illustrious city. I had the idea of shooting several rolls of film of only one object in order to create a photo from a new and strange perspective. Besides, I was still so ripped from the night before that I couldn't stand up anyway. The photos for this first montage were done from a hotel room in the Hotel de Suede. To this day I can't remember how I got to the hotel or who the people in the room were, but the view overlooking Notre Dame was tremendous. I would have taken more pictures, but since I'd already emptied the glasses of my sleeping hosts, I figured it was senseless to stay.
From the website: While in the stockade (I was a little late getting back to base) I realized my life had taken an artistic direction from which I would never escape. After getting out of the army, I immediately signed up for classes in Paris – which I never went to – and lived off the GI Bill. Fortunately, the abundance of cheap booze, beautiful women and easy money gave me the artistic freedom I needed.
