Well, I thought about this quite a bit today, and I do have some strong infuleunces in the art/photography world:

1. Georges Seurat's "Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte". I saw it in Chicago and spent much time viewing it close up and far away

2. Dali's "Persistance of Memory" which I saw as a teenager

3. LA Painter George Romero's "Whittier Blvd". I visited his studio and purchased a litho

4. A beautiful portrait of RFK looking skyward and hopeful, by Albert Eisenstadt (I think)

5. Annie Leibowitz' portrait of Bush, Cheney, Rice, etc. I saw it very recently and was just mesmerized by this up close picture of the evil cabal