I love photography. I love digital. I love digital. It s what I d always wished for. Being in the camera and experiencing the astonishing accomplishment of the creations of life sparked through the beauty of the detailed startling power of the glass lens. A new German lens brings a mist to me. The colors and light I come to see through the beauty of the camera A love that lasts forever is the love of the lens of sharpness- of spirit warmth and depth and feeling. It makes my body pour emotion into the heartbeat of the world. A great trade and exchange. I think of the camera as my soul. Much like a guitar. My lovely Alpa has rosewood grips. What more could you need? Well- the pictures.  Romanticism is exactly that: in Scotland, Denmark, Spain , Rome, china and Big Sur to name a few. The landscape and architecture that I find so fascinating. The trees and the wind billowing and dancing in Edinburgh reminding me of the storm I fell in love with in Cork. The perspectives and range of blacks and whites the perfect thing for a film noire fan. The joy of putting together a book of the best I have to give you in our exchange of viewpoints. The binding and the color and joy of working on this wondrous team again. I am very lucky to have access to what I see. Lou Reed was inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 and is a founding member of the legendary Velvet Underground. He has acted in and composed music for a number of films and is the recipient of the Chevalier Commander of Arts and Letters from the French Government. He is the author of Pass thru Fire and the play The Raven. Lou Reed s Romanticism is his third photo book after Emotion in Action and Lou Reed s New York which was also published by Edition 7L. Lou Reed lives in New York City.