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18 WSJ. MAGAZINE

FROM TOP LEFT: COURTESY OF ADRIAN GAUT; COURTESY OF THURSTAN REDDING; COURTESY OF JESSICA IREDALE; COURTESY OF JACOB K; MELANIE

NASHAN

august 2019

CONTRIBUTORS

AMANDA FORTINI

Writer

SHE’S FUNNY THAT WAY P. 68

JESSICA IREDALE

Writer

LIFE AF TER OSCAR P. 98

JACOB K

Stylist

AUTUMN SONATA P. 50

THURSTAN REDDING

Photographer

FULL SPECTRUM P. 33

MAN OF STEEL P. 92

Our profile of artist Lee Ufan, who

has a new exhibition in September

at Washington, D.C.’s Hirshhorn

Museum and Sculpture Garden, pro-

vided writer Robert Sullivan and

photographer Adrian Gaut with the

chance to meet an artist they’ve

both admired. “He’s a model, for me,

of the generative aspects of prac-

ticed reflection,” says Sullivan. “His

work is a real counterpoint to where

everything in our technologized

world herds us.” For Gaut, an earlier

visit to the Tadao Ando–designed

Lee Ufan Museum in Naoshima,

Japan, had left a lasting impression.

In person, says Gaut, “I found him

to be unusually reserved, yet he had

a very quiet and confident presence.”

The image at left of Gaut photo-

graphing Lee was captured toward

the end of the shoot. “We had already

decided we had the shot, but as he

was walking away from the window

I saw him rubbing his hands to-

gether, and I quickly grabbed the

camera for one more shot. It

ended up being the best shot of the

session.” —Christopher Ross

IN THE MOMENT

Adrian Gaut (right)

photographing artist Lee

Ufan at Dia:Beacon

in Beacon, New York.

For more on Lee, watch

the video at wsj.com.