The Work Is What Matters Most

I found this video tonight on youtube, I think it expresses very well one of the reasons why I use the fake name Gerry Yaum in my work.

"Ultimately these photographs will go beyond what I did with my life, beyond who I was, what I was and have their own being in themselves, they'll have their own life and create other lives for other people. I think that's ultimately the essense of the history of art, that the art becomes more important than the person who created the art."

Roger Ballen (Photographer)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep7X6SjJh58