Unfinished Music No.1: Two Virgins ~ 
It
is an album released by John Lennon & Yoko Ono in 1968. An
experimentation and John and Yoko's début album, known not only for it's
Avant Garde content, also for it's cover above. The title refers to
the couple's feeling that they were 'two innocents lost in a world gone
mad', and because after making the recording the two consummated their
relationship.
The
very old and rough prints below were obviously taken at the same
session, more like testing snapshots including the back view of the
same photo.These 2 photos were auctioned yesterday in Dorchester,
England, but they didn't reached the scandalously high figured as
expected, sold for merely £860 (some €1,040). The author of 'Image'
described them as 'Photos of 2 somewhat overweight ex junkies, found by
surprise in the attic of a house' without further ado.
That
to me is unnecessarily degrading. They are indeed very ordinary photos
with hardly artistic value, had it not been that of the problematic and
near mythical couple and stark naked. I am already quite surprised
they did fetched near a thousand Euro. However, what I see is not just
the photos of these two world known figures, each with his/her own well
deserved merit in art and music and, I dare add, unmatchable charisma
and daring to be what they truly were, and had the courage to express
exactly what they felt and wanted.
I
also imagine the long line of people over a long period of decades,
each had his/her own reason to say, do, express and execute their
ideals, led by the 2 challenging lovers. Their own reason for the
photos was clearly & publicly declared. What about those who
practically worshipped them and collected whatever remnants of theirs
belongs however small or trivial? What's their reason? Who is the
person who hid these photos in his/her attic for several decades? Why?
And, the person who found them but wanted money instead, what made
him/her think they could fetch a colossal price? Who is the person who
just paid a high enough price for them, what's his reason? To keep for
ever? To wait longer for higher price to resell? A fan? A collector?
And
why is there no detail in the news about this find and the consequence,
when at one time, if one of them had a normal headache, that alone
would make news half way round the world?
Next: 21st Feb 2012 An Irresistible Ad.
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