My Friends

1980–1989 ⓘ
Etching and aquatint
15 × 20.5 cm
Inventory no. MF-E-16
Collection: Michael Fell Estate
© Michael Fell Estate
Photograph © Joe Humphrys

A group sits tightly around a table, with cups, hands and faces packed close to the picture plane. Figures turn in different directions—toward one another, downward, away—creating a small choreography of attention. The close crop presses bodies and table edge against the borders, heightening the sense of proximity.