Because only the print on the wall can show you what the photographer intended.
Seeing the pictures currently on display at Peter Fetterman’s gallery is a revelatory experience. First, because Fetterman is a consummate collector and his holdings represent a lifetime of choosing with a discerning eye. Then because the images reveal themselves to be even more beautiful this way than seeing them on any screen.
Most readers of L’oeil are familiar with Peter Fetterman and his gallery. During the course of COVID, Peter started sending out daily emails featuring a single picture and a short story or a reminisce about it. Eventually, he turned those emails into a book, The Power of Photography, which was featured in L’oeil not long ago. The book is a tour through the highlights of Peter’s personal collection and contains 120 works; largely 20th century and with a humanist bent. Now many of these prints are on display at his gallery where you can see them in all their glory. And this is no small thing because Power of Photography is a show that could easily grace the walls of a museum with its variety and quality.
