He doesnt bother me, Picasso commented of the photographer

Edward Quinn, after the latter had first photographed

him at work in the ceramics studio in the early

1950s. This was undoubtedly one of the reasons why Quinn

was allowed to accompany the artist with his Leica for over

20 years from 1951 onwards during his time on the Côte

dAzur: in the studio, in private with his family, with artist

friends, at the bullfight, out and about, with lovers or simply

at the hairdressers. The Quinn Archive holds a large

stock of photographs of great intimacy, showing Picasso

in everyday life and documenting his idiosyncratic character,

his humor, and his enthusiasm in an amiable and

lighthearted way.

Edward Quinn did not use a tripod with his camera, nor did

he illuminate the room artificially; his main concern was

to capture genuine pictures. As a viewer, you find yourself

on eye level with the protagonists. Almost like in the street

photography we know today, there is a captivating sense

of the casual moment. This book is a magical selection of

photographs from Picassos everyday life and shows the

famous artist in many unexpected situations.



From 1949, EDWARD QUINN (1920, Dublin-1997, Altendorf/Switzerland) lived and worked on the Côte dAzur as a press photographer for international magazines such as



Life

and



Paris Match

. During his 20-year friendship with Picasso, he took more than 12,000 photographs of the artist. From the 1960s onwards, Quinn concentrated his work entirely on the art scene, portraying the likes of Max Ernst, Alexander Calder, Francis Bacon, Salvador Dalí, Graham Sutherland, David Hockney and Georg Baselitz.