A Life in Photographic Art my second book.
Although not consciously understanding seeing of negative space my mind already was seeing it. Even most of my earliest images were un cropped or I had a lot of trouble deciding a little off the top or a little off the bottom. Also I was never one to steal a persons image. This women looked at me and my camera, I pointed it at her from shoulder level she nodded an approval, depress the shutter a moment is created. The triangles all lead to the strong yet ambiguous eyes. Tri X 400 at 400 Nikon F 1971 105mm 2.5 lens f-8 1/125 somethings the mind remembers. So for a few or more posts as I file negs from 35 years of following the rectangle observing and commenting I’ll post a little history of my life in photographic art. I hope this will be my second book want a copy?
enjoy pjc
I chuckled as I read your blog because just today I was cleaning my garage and came across a storage container. I opened it wondering what wonderful treasures I’d find. I found slides from 1984 and 1985 when I lived in Tennessee and I also found several boxes of slides for a glamour shoot I did in NY some years back! Now I have to fire up my slide scanner and get those ready for publication. I’ve often wondered what happened to those. I brought them in to thaw out.
As I sit here drinking hot chocolate and reminiscing about photographic years gone by, I ponder the “could have beens” and the “should have beens” and the “what ifs”. I guess it’s the new year season that brings those thoughts to the forefront of my mind. I’m not one to live in the past but the memories flow when I find old photos I’ve shot. The “created moments”, as you said.
I look forward to many more years of creativity and involvement with art and wonder what I’ll be thinking in another 30 years as I look back and contemplate the “could have beens”, “would have beens”, and “what ifs.”
Happy New Year, my friend! May God smile upon you this year and give you health, wealth, and happiness.
Mike