Interested in photography and always with high expectations on myself. I’m comparing the photos I take with the work of magnum photographers, it can kill the motivation on a bad day but now it has boosted my crave to take photos.
I watched a documentary on Araki, the japanese photographer that has teared down every convention and tabu. I can’t really make up my mind on what to think about some of his pictures and I see that as a very good quality. It is not always clear what he wants to say or if there is anything to understand except that the moment has some importance to him for some reason. In any case, it does not leave one undisturbed. I love that.
great inspiration he is anyway, for looking at things in a different way. For sure the debate about the role of women in his pictures is important. It is not possible to overlook the disturbing roles they play. A woman spread out naked on the floor with a watermelon crushed between her legs is difficult to cope with, that is all I can say and that is why it is interesting. It can’t be comprehended.
Realised last night that i had erased a couple of hundred photos from the south east of turkey before backing them up. That hurts. Lesson learned.
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There are some good stories behind CNN World’s Untold Stories – video chanal.
Worth seeing is the story of Margaret Math, camerawoman from NZ. Check:
http://bit.ly/clsrf – Part 1 – Battle of CNN camerawoman
http://bit.ly/V4kNk – Part 2 – CNN camerawoman fights back
Keep learning…. together with good light, good timing the rest will follow…:)
Hahaha, ojoj inte anade jag att du skulle gå raka spåret till Araki. Snabbt marscherat Erik, hoppas det går lika bra på cykeln!