Lovely essay…and well structured too—I was thing “what’s that Cartier-Bresson phrase?” right before you dropped the decisive moment.
Congrats on finding a bit of clarity. I feel in art (like geopolitics) there are months where [it feels like] nothing happens and then days where months happen.
Of course it’s all built on regular practice, but those moments of insights are so precious!
The photography here is breathtaking. Each frame is like a spell, a moment caught mid-heartbeat, forever suspended between what was and what will never be again.
Excellent post. I just finished reading Malcolm Guite's book "Mariner: A Voyage with Samuel Taylor Coleridge" where Guite writes, "The difference with Coleridge was that he did not simply remember what he had read. He could take and transform the images he found in his memory and by the shaping spirit of his imagination mould them into a vessel capable of containing our joys and sorrows as well as his."
I feel as if you've done that here with your photographs, and maybe that's why you love street photography. Thanks for sharing!
I feel the same way about the majority of my own work. I like to make connections and/or set things up for other people to find their own associations. I have also carried that drive through photography, drawing, collage, and more. It’s a sense that between things is where both beauty and connection can be found.
Juxtaposition as collage. I like that idea. I see collages within my own single photographs quite often. Depth flattens into the picture plane and shapes emerge.
I'm excited to see the Bebe Ashley book on here. I pre-ordered it from Banshee when they announced it.
Lovely essay…and well structured too—I was thing “what’s that Cartier-Bresson phrase?” right before you dropped the decisive moment.
Congrats on finding a bit of clarity. I feel in art (like geopolitics) there are months where [it feels like] nothing happens and then days where months happen.
Of course it’s all built on regular practice, but those moments of insights are so precious!
Thanks Justus! I couldn't agree more on your last point about regular practice. I just named what was already happening.
The photography here is breathtaking. Each frame is like a spell, a moment caught mid-heartbeat, forever suspended between what was and what will never be again.
Excellent post. I just finished reading Malcolm Guite's book "Mariner: A Voyage with Samuel Taylor Coleridge" where Guite writes, "The difference with Coleridge was that he did not simply remember what he had read. He could take and transform the images he found in his memory and by the shaping spirit of his imagination mould them into a vessel capable of containing our joys and sorrows as well as his."
I feel as if you've done that here with your photographs, and maybe that's why you love street photography. Thanks for sharing!
I feel the same way about the majority of my own work. I like to make connections and/or set things up for other people to find their own associations. I have also carried that drive through photography, drawing, collage, and more. It’s a sense that between things is where both beauty and connection can be found.
the italian man with the cigarette is such an amazing photo!
Juxtaposition as collage. I like that idea. I see collages within my own single photographs quite often. Depth flattens into the picture plane and shapes emerge.