88 CULTURED
©
FUNDACIÓN
ALMINE
Y
BERNARD
RUIZ-PICASSO
PARA
EL
ARTE
(FABA).
COURTESY
ARCHIVES
OLGA
RUIZ-PICASSO
AND
GAGOSIAN
GALLERY
Picasso with Bob (the Great Pyrenees), 1932
For Picasso, photography was
far more than a mere hobby. He
used his camera in countless
different ways: as an aide-
mémoire to help him record the
progress of his work, the
various women in his life, his
surroundings and, not least,
himself, and to experiment in
new, unthought-of ways.
He also made home movies
and worked with filmmakers to
capture his creative process in
motion. Picasso was both
inspired and energized by the
photographers with whom he
worked. The resulting body of
photographs and films, filled
with fact, invention and myth, is
vital to our understanding of
Picasso's achievements across
his artistic output.
By John Richardson
PICASSO
&THE
CAMERA
"Picasso & the Camera," curated by John
Richardson, is on view in New York at
Gagosian 21st Street through January 3.
