Furry Lewis

Memphis
1976

I took a trip to the South to photograph some of the original blues artists as part of my own exploration into American culture. I met this hippie at the airport who told me he knew everybody. It was a miraculous and unexpected moment of fate and he became my guide. I photographed Furry in a one-room house. Furry, who was blind, wanted to be shot with his wind-up toy and his bowler hat.