Lou Reed shows his piccies off

Lou Reed opened two simultaneous exhibits of his photographs on Friday, at two separate venues in New York, the Gallery at Hermes and the Steven Kasher Gallery. The shots on show were taken with a digital camera, and display urban landscapes. Reed, who says that his photography is influenced by Andy Warhol and Wim Wenders, told New York Magazine: "When I was touring around the world, I would find myself getting a chance to see things that other people might not, and I just thought it would be crazy not take pictures of it. I think Leonard Cohen had a line, 'I would travel anywhere in the pursuit of beauty.' And this is the beauty of New York, and I just wanted to take pictures of that, with no motive other than that."