© Kelly Sultan
Larry Sultan has remained an inspiration to me ever since I discovered photography, so it is with much sadness that I pass on today’s news of his death…
Larry Sultan, a highly influential California photographer whose 1977 collaboration, “Evidence” — a book made up solely of pictures culled from vast industrial and government archives — became a watershed in the history of art photography, died on Sunday at his home in Greenbrae, Calif. He was 63.
Read the full NYTimes obit here.
5 Comments
December 14, 2009 – 2:17 pm
Completely unaware of his condition I had been planning for the past year to apply for CCA’s graduate program just to have him as a mentor, especially after hearing all of the kind words spoken about him by Doug DuBois.
Just last week I was listening to his audio lecture on the ICP website (http://lectures.icp.edu/LECTURERS/Sultan.html); the way he talked about creating work was truly inspiring and seemed to be continuously optimistic and lighthearted.
All the best to his family and friends.
December 14, 2009 – 3:30 pm
For me, it was a shock. So big loss.
December 14, 2009 – 9:19 pm
I knew Larry. All the way up until the end of his life, he was a brave and righteous guy. So long, Lar…. R.I.P.
December 17, 2009 – 1:31 am
This really sucks. He’s one of the few artist talks I remember when he came to my school freshman year. I still draw on some of the things he said, and he just seemed like an all around cool guy.
January 17, 2010 – 2:04 pm
my mother dated him for ten years.
after going to his memorial in Sanfrancisco i now see how loved he was and how much this world will miss him.