Even though I wasn’t a student of Peter’s, I learned such a great deal from him. I admired the breadth of his interests and knowledge and how he brought it all together and made connections with it all, and how all of it was infused with care, and human-ness, and fun. He wrote me in March to let me know how much he liked my newest work, and he wanted to be sure that I already had or would buy a better camera. He gave me very detailed suggestions. He referred to my new images as ‘early work,’ implying that this would be a long significant body of work, and thought I should have good prints for this phase since he foresaw change as I dove deeper. He also was confident I would harness the ephemerality (his phrase) in real time more as well. His support and encouragement meant so much to me. I looked forward to sharing more with him and knew he was going to help me see all the possibilities (and all the weak spots too) because his scope was colossal, and I so admired how he brought it bear on his perception of artworks. I’m so glad to have this small written record because to have his respect and understanding meant so much to me, I respected him so enormously. And thanks to the beautiful words of so many at the memorial I do understand his huge-yeah, overflowing-joy to be at the center of all his dazzling intelligence, generosity, consideration, concern for justice, and love of laughter.

-Pamela Fraser