There certainly is one reason why the photos Paul Fusco took from the funeral train of RFK move so: the camera becomes Hermione from The Winter’s Tale, and we are looking out at Leontes after Leontes, hearing the lines of dialogue flash through our head: “Shall I draw the curtain?”



“Do not draw the curtain.”

In the recent history of inside-looking-out photography, these images — and this ‘Do not draw the curtain’ sentiment — seem surprisingly generous. In Meeting People is Easy, the shot of the crowd singing “Creep” is fish-eyed and carries a bit of disappointment; when we look at the shots of all the kids swarming Dylan in his London-styled taxi cab, it’s a bit of a carnival; and, no, it’s nowhere near the ballpark of Las Meninas.

But still — “shall I draw the curtain?”



“Do not draw the curtain.”

  11:31 pm  |   November 13 2011   |  14 notes