Dennis Stock “In a way, this image of James Dean is a story about not belonging.
It was 1955 and James Dean had visited the town where he had spent his youth, Fairmount, Indiana. He was staying with his relati
(...) ves on the farm of his uncle, Marcus Winslow.
The filming of ‘East of Eden’ was complete, but the film had not yet been released. This portrait of Dean shows the future icon at a transitional moment: the glamorous profile in the photo seems incongruous against the background of his boyhood Indiana farm.
There is a moment when we are not quite sure where our place in the world is, though we all must undertake the search to find it. Dennis has captured this moment. Perhaps this is why this photograph was one of his favorite images of James Dean; in fact, he often said it was his best-composed photo.”
– Susan Richards, wife of Dennis Stock © Dennis Stock | Magnum Photos
