RE: Kodak Box 620 - First 8 Photos
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if I can use your comment as inspiration!
Yes! Absolutely! Can't wait to read the story. (Gonna check out right now if you already posted it to Hive as well.)
It kind of "pulls you away" from the moment
This works for me in another way too. In a good way, from my perspective. It's sometimes so nice to put a camera in between me and the world because that gives me the feeling that at that moment I'm not completely part of the world, I'm just an observer and very few people dare to interact with me when I'm photographing. It's like a shield. Not an invisibility cloak though, which I'd prefer most. Mostly people just become so aware of themselves when they see someone photographing them or the streets they walk on.
Can't help being philosophical. I think it's because of your influence. :)
I did not drink enough wine to get me inspired. No, just kidding. I will post it tonight (my time SAST) if I get enough inspiration tonight.
Oh, that is exactly it. This also helps the story! And so true. You become, in some sense, an in-between space, liminal, or a kind of "tear" in the fabric of the universe. Okay, the creative mind took over from the philosophical one. Back to philosophy. That is really an interesting position to be in though. And I think a lot of journalist photographers feel the same. You might know about them, the Bang-bang club, but they were photographers in Africa and South Africa. Most of them committed suicide due to their inability to "interfere" in those bad times. Sorry for making it so sad at the end.
Oh, wow, thank you so much! I hope that it has a good (mental) effect on you to be philosophical, otherwise my thesis that philosophy is good for your mind will be less strong now.
I love that! Being in a liminal space when photographing. Or being the liminal space. Liminally insane.
Philosophy and wondering about life and the decisions we make and how it feels is one of my favorite subjects so your effect is like gas in the tiny flame that already exists there.
This sounds like an awesome idea. I really like this! I am going to store this in my mind and "ferment" on it.
That is awesome then! My research is on using philosophy to help people cultivate a "better" way of living so I am glad that there are people out there that might find it beneficial. Even if only a little.