The Art of photography

ARK
COHENWilkes-Barre,Pennsylvania, 1973

Itwasastrandofhairstrayingacrosstheneck

of

this

younggirlthatfirstcaughtMark

Cohenseyeandled

tothisunusualclose-up.Oncehisattentionwas

arrested,Cohenworkedquicklytocapturethedetail

thatfascinatedhim."Ijumped

up

realclose

tothe

girl,"herecalled,"about

a

foot

away,"andusedan

electronicflashunittofreezetheinstant.The

resultingimage,withitsoddlyforeshortenedview

recapturestheimmediacyandrandomnessofthe

passingdetailthatoriginally

caughthiseye