Self-Portrait, Gerard Fieret, c. 1965

Self-Portrait, Gerard Fieret, c. 1965

gelatin silver print, h 598mm × w 497mm More details
© erven Gerard Fieret

Because of his background and wartime experiences, the artist, poet, and drifter Gerard Fieret was a tormented man. In the 1960s and 70s he took raw and grainy photographs of the scores of women he brought to his studio. In this large dark photograph he aimed the camera at himself.