No matter where I go, Washington Square Park seems to follow me. While in LA over spring break I went to the Getty museum to see an excellent photo exhibit of Graciela Iturbide. While at the museum I noticed that there was another photo exhibit by well known photographer Andre Kertesz. Kertesz was born in Hungary but did most of his photography in New York and Paris. He worked for big fashion magazines, yet loved street photography and photographing every day happenings.
As I walked through the exhibit I was stunned to find a photograph of the Washington Square Arch. After further research I learned that Kertesz photographed the Park every day from the balcony of his apartment, located at 2 Fifth Avenue. He wanted to capture every day happenings in the park.
I found this so exciting because being in LA I never thought I would run into anything having to do with Washington Square Park. I guess it just shows how the park has influenced so many and how that influence stretches across the world, both literally and figuratively.
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