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Unoriginal thoughts on art:
[Part II]
Here's something I said a year ago that I still find relevant.
"Photography as an art, for an amateur like me, isn't about setting up a shoot. Not about creating the perfect lighting or setting up subjects so they are intentionally beautiful and all I've got to do is capture the moment. Nothing formal. To me, it's about documenting life as I see it- taking the humdrum, stupid, ugly-as-fuck everyday things and putting them on a pedestal.
"It's therapeutic, too. When I decide I'm going to go out and take some pictures, I just go about my everyday life and NOTICE things. What an interesting shape! What a remarkable set of colors I see here! A shelf of books, a well-used keyboard, a teakettle... dumb things that nobody would have ever cared about otherwise.
"I'm not the best photographer, and I'm never going to care enough about lighting and f-stops to be a great one. But it's a good exercise in finding beauty in ugly places."
6 comments:
I remember reading this before. Though it predates your daily photoblogs, it certainly could well serve as your Photoblog Manifesto. I specifically remember that when I first read it, I thought it captured much of the spirit behind MCDP, and of course still does.
Dear God, you HAVE read everything I've ever posted on the interweb.
No I haven't! For example, I haven't read anything at all about Hitchhiker's Guide or Little House bedtime stories. Oh, wait, um, never mind.
is your speech recorded? how do qwe know it was a year ago. fine, i'll just rely on john.
i like this. lot's of action.
OK, this is amazing. I almost want to say, where did it come from except I'm compelled to scream MAAAACROoooo., which i won't since you can't hear me. is this macro?
anyway, "gorgeous."
No, James, this is not a macro.
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