CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 10/31/2015

Jimmy DeSana: Suburban

"It was from Jimmy that I learned to feel that the camera was an extension of my right hand," photographer Laurie Simmons writes in Jimmy De Sana: Suburban, this year's big staff favorite, just out from Aperture. "I could see that his fingertips were itchy if he was not holding one of his two Nikons. The camera was at the ready every waking, and even sleeping, moment of his day. Jimmy bridged two distinct photo worlds: even though his pictures were meticulously staged and crafted, he also knew that something spontaneous could change the course of his work for that day, that year, or forever." Featured image is "Pool," 1980.