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COPYRIGHT 2001 Society for the Advancement of Education
The exhibition at Atlanta's High Museum "is about the sincere passion of a collector and his desire not only to live with his collection, but to share his love of these images with his friends and the public."
ELTON JOHN'S affection for photography began at the time when the musician/composer was starting a new life of sobriety. It is almost as if photography--with its directness, truth, and poignancy--became symbolic of this change. In 1991, while visiting friends in France during Le Printemps de Cahors, a photography festival held in that city, John was introduced to the work of Horst P. Horst. Fascinated by the abstract beauty and simplicity of the nude form captured in the work, he made his first photographic purchase. Although John had been involved with hundreds of commercial photo shoots during his career, he had never looked at photography as an art form until that moment. He was immediately captivated, and his passion for the medium has increased during the years since.
My first meeting with...
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