Arnold Newman

I got the new Annie Leibovitz book for Christmas. The photos and her thoughts of course are very inspirational but I had to nod with appreciation when she quoted Arnold Newman who famously said "photography is 1% talent and 99% moving furniture." How true, how true. I met Mr. Newman about a year before he passed away at a book signing at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Even at his advanced age he was flirty and commented on my new engagement ring, "ah," he said, "all the good ones are taken." Fun memory to have of such a legend.