Re: Development/Growth of a Photographer
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 12:16 pm
Andy,
Really good point. I was sliding into kind of an absolutist way of thinking.
My subtext there was that I was feeding off a perceived shared predisposition to "realism" I saw in Brant's comment.
As of now, my photographer's "voice" is one more rooted in portraying slightly idealized reality, if that makes sense. And it was from that perspective that I was speaking. I can appreciate others' work that is different from this but, in what I am currently seeking to create, that is the particular edge I wish to hone.
You made a really useful point because my words did not reflect a careless use but actually did reflect a bias that I have but which I shouldn't allow to be my sole perspective.
Really good point. I was sliding into kind of an absolutist way of thinking.
My subtext there was that I was feeding off a perceived shared predisposition to "realism" I saw in Brant's comment.
As of now, my photographer's "voice" is one more rooted in portraying slightly idealized reality, if that makes sense. And it was from that perspective that I was speaking. I can appreciate others' work that is different from this but, in what I am currently seeking to create, that is the particular edge I wish to hone.
You made a really useful point because my words did not reflect a careless use but actually did reflect a bias that I have but which I shouldn't allow to be my sole perspective.