Joseph Gasparetti's Baptism, Martins Creek, Pennsylvania 1979

Larry Fink made this photograph, Joseph Gasparetti's Baptism, in Martins Creek, Pennsylvania. You can feel Larry Fink’s attention to the scene’s atmosphere; how it has come into being, shifting and emerging through trial, error, and intuition. I sympathize with Larry, and imagine what it might have been like to create the image. What he might have been thinking when he made it. The photograph is full of stark contrasts. Fink's choice of monochrome enhances the emotional and intellectual resonances of the work. I wonder if this piece relates to his wider practice and body of work, as well as the work of other photographers. Artists are in an ongoing conversation and exchange of ideas across time, inspiring one another’s creativity. Photography is a form of embodied expression which embraces ambiguity and uncertainty, allowing for multiple interpretations and meanings over fixed or definitive readings.