Don’t Call Chuck Close A “photorealist”

Written & Photographed by Kenn Sava “Nothing irritates Close more than referring to his early portraiture as ‘photorealism’…” New York Times, 2016. I met Chuck Close, who died Thursday, 3 or 4 times over the years. He and I shared a distain for the term, photorealism. My problem with, beyond a disdain for virtually all … Continue reading Don’t Call Chuck Close A “photorealist”