柯特斯赞美对日常生活的直接观察，记录了他对巴黎城市生活的迷恋以及在纽约街头漫步时重叠的疏离感。他晚年在公寓内拍摄的宝丽来照片重新探索了他对手持相机本身的反应所产生的生活、爱情和失落的概念。

An exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts focuses on photographers from the European nation who ended up in the U.S., where many of them forged brilliant careers.