r. Bnice David•on , 325.West 12th St!'f'et , Nev York City, Ne-v Yor< .

DeR.r Bruce s

y 9, 1063 .

This iR not thP ettfar I have wanted to Yrite for weeks , but only a long and necess ry note . I euppose t he lett r will be for Prances, o.n An wer to he rs whic h was a. kind of Volare, right out of the blue , over Ore ce .

I have i ssed both of you ever , i n ce that fain , us Sunday •norning dep rtur f ro m I ew York . 1 wi li you ha b en wit h me on the trip ho.ck hccnns e I had no cov ersation with other and t hough t nbout you ntch of the time . I t wu good to ht\Ve th o e t houghts with me and I have kept them ever a 1nce for so e vPry br istly And dnrk ti,ncu . The conversntionfl oftP.r ,\ntonioni nd Ln:wr nee o.nd the breakfast b for e thA ride to t he bus are o.s produ ctive of happy memories as anything I h v.. I •ant to write more bout them nd to seek other occfuions in the futur for renu:imhering you .

I have de up an yhihi t ion sch dule an d • onder what you feel aho1t FP,hruary 1st through rch 8th ( 1964) for y ur show . Tha t may see far in t he future, hut the time wi 11 pass much fa ter th n you think . I hop to co me to 'ew York in the eorly fall nd we will k a Aelection - I lo ok fonrard to t hi ore t h n any­t hing . I wi h I could see both of you long h fo re that tie fo r I mi, you too rnuch . We will he "ble tog t tog t.he r & fine ex­hibition nd it ,rill be very handso e in t1e nPw gallery . I hope that nei th . r I nor photogra.?hY wi 11 he oli lied , ~re hefore many thin gH I have in m'nd r(" Ahown. De ni Stock ' • show baa been a. big succe nd th, r e t\re ny f unn y anecdotes t o be told of he

uhlic r"action to ·t . rlon Br do aw the ca .~t of his he d in one icture and I have just b en told thia w@ in the pp rs .

I ' ll telephone you befo r e l on and find out about yo r re ctiona to the date• 11 ve f ix ed . And I ' 11 write f r o ho e some night out of tJ 1e quickA1u,d11 of t he accu uh.ti rencb hooks . All good wi he to you and Fra cee and ore 1100~ .

Sincerely •

Hugh Edward•• P . S . Rudy ~en t the two magazines with his work and I am happy ~nd proud about them.

MAGNUM Photos, Inc.

Dear Hugh,

~ NEW YORK

PARIS

15 W. 47th St., New York 36 JUdson 6-7704 Cable: MAGNUMFOTO

125 Faubourg St. Honore, Paris Be a;1ysee 15-91 Cable: FOTOMAGNUM

September 26, 1963.

It's Fall finally. I have had mine a little eary this year. There is no past. No future. Only now. And now is beautiful the taproot going verica,l ly into the ground holding solid the streams of growth to the bare branches. The truth of pain beds down for the night and tomarrow is an.gther day. Expect little from life, but a lot of myseJf. :Now I run deep silent, and only I can tell where I am. Everything has ta.ken on a new meaning. Both inside and outside at the same time like n~bulae. Guts and groin. I have read and re-read, thought an.d re-thought so much inside and outside myself. AlVJays I was like that. I have always had a strong will, but unfortunalely it spread iii self horizontally. So what am I doing. Everything one step at a time. No fashion. photography. Throwing away work: that I know is rotten, or even with a bad spot in it. Living and loving it. Loving and living it. Paying-off adepts, and putting the house in order. Walking into bookstores ( Wittenborn 1018 :Madison is 1 ike a church in the woocls) walking in the woods ( when I can I t get to the woods I talte streets) Music ( the spanish station) low:d. And. doing work for the time being. It is ama,sing for I can I t feel a thing at times that my work comes out so good. My work hab:kli ts allow this to happen. Wher1 I see the pictures I can't belietce I took them.

I am not showing anything to anyone. No exhibits. Be angry. But remember your a.nger ±K.XXim if I have a Spring again.

That is it Hugh Edwards. There are a lot of people who need a show now. I don't. Thinking of the self, not myself.

When I have s~hing to s:ay, you will know it. Right now, and you have to understand this, I don't want to put any­thing on walls--I am tearing down too many. I am sorry to have to do this to you---but my instincts tell me it is right. Take care of yourself, and send people to me from time to time.

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AGNUM Photos, Inc. ~ NEW YORK 15 W. 47th St., New York 36 JUdson 6-7704 Cable: MAGNUMFOTO

PARIS 125 Faubourg St. Honore, Paris Be i;lysee 15-91 Cable: FOTOMAGNUM

December 1, 1963

Dear Hugh,

Somehow I am counting on finding a dream assignment. Just being a dreamer doesn't make the dream come true, but it is a beginning.

This will give you a chance to look over the pictures again.

Things are wonderful in New York. Ia am starting a class in phdDgraphy at rrry place startjng next week. It is about finding ones feelings and feeling ones findings. It is going to take all I got, and I want it to. It scares me a little to have lives in my hands, but I want to have a hand in life so very badly that I welcome the challange.

Thank you for doing this for me.

P.S. Have you seen the Atget book with words from Proust'Z

Mr. Bruce Davidson , 325 Wes t 12th Str eet ,

· New York City , New York .

Det;.r Bruce :

Janu ry 27, 196;.

I wish you coul d heve st ayed l onger bec~us e I have miss od you ~ lot these la st two days . It was your bet tri p here and I am gla d th e show w~s up so you coul i see it . I hear th e atten dance on Sundey was gre at and I expect it to incr 9ase . I wrote Herm~n Kogan of The Daily News a note and now it seems there is to be a f e ture story i n The Dai ly News Panorama. I telep oned a li st of negative numbers to Inge Bondi who will have pr i nts made ~nd se nd them. I!ll l ~t you know when they appear .

On Monday (my day of f ) I tr a: .. ed in two KLH spee' er s f or 2 AR- 2 x ' s end you should hear those . I • 11 try t .:, get th t~ r ecord by The Supremes becaus e I was much impr essed and wil l do all the t alkin g I can ·or them. I hope you r e d some of Dani el Boorstin ' s book on t he way b ok beceu e I want to k ow wh t you t hi nk of it . I f yo like it , I ' ll send The Lost Wor l d of Thomas J effer son which I thi nk is even bett er .

My copy of The Bri dge is a re al treasu re now and th anks ver y much f or th ut . I was <leepl y touc hed. I at very frnci o.f. t he book Ju st as 1 t is -now it means even more and I shal l guard it as much as anythi ng I huve .

I a.ti sendi ng co ·i es of The Art Ins t itut e ' & news rel ease whi ch I did not wr i ta . If t here are any names t o wnom 1 01..,. ehoul~ lik e copio s tient , pl eu, e le t me know.

The Qennan boy who l i kes the bri dge pi ct ur e so much an who works her~ spoke to me about it age.in &.nd I shall tell him to vr i t e you .

Hur rJ ba elc. I sh al l be in New :lork .for t he judk~o f th a t hi.;h school oompeti ti. on on March 26th and vi ll st ay .. t le a st a week . I hope you ar e th er e , More soon and all good wi hes now

Si ncerely ,

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Dt> .,.. Bruce:

I t Ht· ;3 a ~!r,:c. t ·;ilci.sure to th::.k wi. th you on !'.on~u;.r ~:·torr .. oon: ;r or:oc.ld do thi G of'':,ene:r .

Al t~oup I run sure you hc.·ff had irn aci:ncw~11dc;t:..ent frcn the D :0'.:! 1.io"' of ?: tW p rts' T \.lbnt to wl'i tP t,oa«,f ( nd thf,ni( yot.. : o~ thr. t ;ent.r prin t s y0L hhV"! 4 ivtm us , selected frn :. ~h,:1 ffXhibition of your wort:: ~m-:.ch ·.,a• h eld hece h t1t ye:..r . I t, SsurE'l Jot. th e .:.rt"; muc.1 na e<led j_i oi...r '".:'r :..un :r:t colhietlon of ,:.o tot.:r&}ihy and hS ,w !u,ve no 'urn:s e::n:.ablished .t'or the --ur­ch,•. :-: P of , cqui s i tin s, such g::: ft,s h ,..,. o f ! ur.h ll ssi atLn:.'-e t:.o us .

hopt> /0U t::; Ch~.cr, ,o t-,L~or .> :i.ong -~ - .

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v i nce.rely ,

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