Oslin's Graduation Party, Martins Creek, Pennsylvania 1977

Larry Fink made this photograph, Oslin’s Graduation Party, Martins Creek, Pennsylvania, at an unspecified date, using a camera and black and white film. What I love about Fink's work is how he fearlessly engages with the everyday. It's like he's saying, “Hey, there’s beauty, truth, and strangeness right here, in this moment, in this place.” It reminds me a little of Nan Goldin or Diane Arbus. He doesn't shy away from the awkwardness or the messiness of life. Instead, he dives right in, capturing these fleeting moments with such intensity and honesty. And in that regard, I feel for him, out there in Martins Creek at Oslin's graduation party, dodging kids and capturing the night. I see that the light of the flash has picked out three children in the doorway, and feel the same slightly strange feeling I get in some of my paintings when accidents happen and unexpected results occur! Photographers and painters: we're all in the same boat, navigating our mediums, looking for meaning.