Peter Beard and Margot Ramone, Montauk, New York 1977

Larry Fink captured Peter Beard and Margot Ramone in Montauk, New York, using black and white photography. Looking at this image, I feel like I’m peering into a moment, a little snapshot of a larger, wilder story. I can almost hear the piano music, the clinking of glasses, and the low hum of conversation filling the room. Fink's got this way of making you feel like you're right there, maybe even a little too close. The way the light catches the edges of the faces, the crowded table, it’s all so intimate, yet somehow distant. I wonder what Fink was thinking when he snapped this picture? Was he drawn to the energy of the scene, the way these two figures commanded attention amidst the chaos? Whatever it was, he caught something real, something that keeps you looking, wondering about the stories behind those faces. Like all great photographs, it’s a glimpse, a fragment, but it says so much.