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David Yarrow: " When I was 26 and working on Wall Street, I had a place of serenity in which to unwind at the end of a soulless day. It was a large warehouse type gallery 200 yards from my apartment in SOHO called “Time is always now”. I found peace there, but also feelings that were not evoked by trading screens. I am not sure whether I would say there was a particular epiphany, but there was a definite lure to the gallery that kept on bringing me back. The art on show was photographic based, but it had so many more dimensions and layers of narrative. It was visceral, compelling and above all authentic. I was in awe.⁣

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The gallery was of course Peter Beard’s (operated by Peter Tunney). ⁣
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Peter was a photographer who had contempt for photography; a diarist whose densely adorned volumes have influenced artists and writers as disparate as Andy Warhol, Francis Bacon and Truman Capote. Above all, he was unique - a sacred word.⁣
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Bill Brandt said “Photography has no rules - it is not a sport. It is the result that counts - no matter how it is achieved”. ⁣
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That was Peter - he knew no rules and the art world is a poorer place tonight. "

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