This is great! The way I internalize it is that we love to consume contrast of all kinds. Perhaps the m most delicious one is the contrast between the actual image/story and one’s memories/expectations about the subject(s)/story(ies) in the image. That makes clichés super boring. Loved the writing! 🍷
“Sad young women in beds” This! This is perfect and so very true. If I see another self-portrait of someone sitting on their bed looking seriously at the camera....
It tells me absolutely nothing about the person. You have a bed and you’re sometimes sad. Hey, we all do/are! Now say something else...🙄
The following is from a photographer's artist's statement, which I came across and saved for a post that I was going to write, but you have said it, so I no longer need to.
“….. Each photo is an entity, which includes a certain mental condition. So, we are dealing with a variety of emotional loads within a world that is equally ambiguous with ours..... Τhe exploration of the forms inside the photographs gives us the opportunity to discover the various aspects of our psychosynthesis.”
The guide is personal and only somewhat serious :) But it's always good to get out of one's comfort zone and shoot differently. It always comes with good surprises.
I was seriously laughing out loud at the Artsy Artist Statements one - I thoroughly appreciate your insights but I LOVE your writing, cheers!
Thank you Bruce!
This is great! The way I internalize it is that we love to consume contrast of all kinds. Perhaps the m most delicious one is the contrast between the actual image/story and one’s memories/expectations about the subject(s)/story(ies) in the image. That makes clichés super boring. Loved the writing! 🍷
Thank you Jean-Marc!
“Sad young women in beds” This! This is perfect and so very true. If I see another self-portrait of someone sitting on their bed looking seriously at the camera....
It tells me absolutely nothing about the person. You have a bed and you’re sometimes sad. Hey, we all do/are! Now say something else...🙄
Love the post!
The following is from a photographer's artist's statement, which I came across and saved for a post that I was going to write, but you have said it, so I no longer need to.
“….. Each photo is an entity, which includes a certain mental condition. So, we are dealing with a variety of emotional loads within a world that is equally ambiguous with ours..... Τhe exploration of the forms inside the photographs gives us the opportunity to discover the various aspects of our psychosynthesis.”
Really enjoyed your piece. Thank you!
Reading this artist blurb gave me a headache.
Right?! ;0)
Couldn’t agree more re cropping! And sad women on beds, and golden hour, and so much more. 🙌🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Interested to see the response on this post. You definitely don't shy away from stirring the waters.
What would be the fun in that!
Finaly someone that can say F..it in a poetic almost romantic way, Those goblins boy oh boy...
Crop! It almost always helps :)
AI is definitely time consuming to create an interesting image. I don't have time to learn another skill!
Ouch. I shoot a lot of landscape stuff and it’s almost always during golden hour. Just like everyone else...
The guide is personal and only somewhat serious :) But it's always good to get out of one's comfort zone and shoot differently. It always comes with good surprises.