Extract of text by Urs Albrecht from the exposition catalogue "Jeff Cowen"

I remember my first encounter with Jeff Cowen's photographs. It was autumn 2004, at the Parisian Galerie Seine 51. I was both moved and fascinated by the two children of Puerto Rican descent on the New York ferry, whom I took to be brother and sister. The girl is older than the boy and holds him tightly in her arms. Her gesture is not exactly protective; she seems to be saying, "Look, he's mine". This impression is reinf… more