Dave Heath: One Brief Moment On speaking about his collection

On speaking about his collection of vernacular photographs Heath said 'When I was 25

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I often say that when I am making a portrait

And I suspect that most fashionable Parisians know just as little about Minnesota

Dave Heath: One Brief Moment On speaking about his collectionBy the age of four Dave Heath had been abandoned by both of his parents. By the age of fifteen he had lived in a series of foster homes and, finally, in an orphanage. In 1947, Heath saw Ralph Cranes photo essay Bad Boys Life in LIFE Magazine. Struck by the success of how succinctly these pictures connected to a deeply felt shared experience, Heath knew he wanted to become a photographer. Using the orphanages darkroom, he began to master the mechanics