Cyr. It wasn't that the two were romantically linked, but the photographer to document his every move, on and off stage, and her images remain as a revealing legacy.
When they met, Cyr found Buckley playful, experimental and accessible as a subject.
As their friendship developed she came to know a volatile artist, utterly consumed by his music.
"He had a full emotional range," Cyr said. "He was a bit changeable.
It depended on what day it was, who he was around, what was happening. He was also a very overworked person. Not long after rocketship ride.
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Cyr's work, A Wished-for Song: Portrait of Jeff Buckley, book by the same name. Next Thursday Cyr will open an exhibition of her work at the Blender Gallery in Paddington. The show's title shares its name with a poem by Jelaluddin Rumi which opens,"You're song / A wished-for song", and ends with the line, "Blades will sprout where you do your work.
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Buckley: "The work we did was a collaboration. He had his own music, but this work grew, something grew from it."
public and private lives.
"He decided he was going to trust me and pretty much allowed me to go for whatever I wanted to do," she said. "When he was on stage he gave such intimate performances in such a private, personal level that public space and private space becomes an unusual issue with him."
Not only are Cyr's images of Buckley her calling card, but he is responsible for launching her career as a music photographer.
It first EP, Live at Sin-e. Cyr did all of Buckley's albums and everyone from Tracy Chapman to Sarah McLachlan and Coldplay.
death after he drowned in Memphis, Cyr was mesmerised by his music.
met Buckley]," she said. "It made me want to photograph him more. It was fantastic to see him work, he was a great artist.
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