Myself, the thing itself and getting beyond them
–Somewhere slightly west of Alaska on the way to Tokyo —
Quoting from Bob Krist’s Spirit of Place “Unfortunately this emphasis on me is rampant in photography today.” p12 “If the images are not rooted in ‘the thing itself,’ to use Edwards Weston’s term, then the photographer has not learned anything about the real world. He can only justify the images by reference to self: ‘This is how I felt.’ …there can never be any objective bookmarks against which to measure the success or failure of these images. The results are often banal, superficial images created and defended in the name of ‘personal vision’.”
It seems that Bob is being a bit cynical, but he’s right in the empirical sense. I regret however that it seems he’s a little behind the curve when it comes to what photography can be - or he’s just very true to journalistic ideals. I want to take my journalistic captures and bring them further, to beyond simple reality to where eternity and the moment can be transposed across each other. To make an image where place & time are stopped and universal meaning begin to show through.
I hope in some way going so far beyond home will help me get beyond myself.
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