CAPTURE THE ESSENCE – THE REST IS ARBITRARY
For me, photography is a liminal space between where you thought you were and where you would like to be. It is not reality, as many suggest, but it is like life with its many layers and choices. We can choose what we want to see, where and how: The reality we see and show the world. Like a room, it can be chaotic or orderly.
The geometry of a place is my first layer–lines and sculpture. Onto that I place determining elements and moods: happy or sad, soft or hard, clean or messy. If I wish to capture a “pristine landscape” I first look for that good background or bone structure. I can remove the piles of styrofoam plates and empty beer bottles left by uncaring revelers. Or flesh out peaceful grazing animals who rely on humans for their survival. I can add and subtract light; feature or minimize major or minor elements; make it warm or cold, but without “the good bones” it is nothing. I am still in that uncomfortable, liminal space, looking for where I would like to be. If the location is fraught with danger (like charging bulls), I consider the best choice–
to snap and run.
Or just run.
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