(above are Polaroids I didn't care for, but are now growing on me...)
So, remember how I told you I was reading this book?
There is so much I want to share; so much I agree with, some that I disagree with, some that is out of date in this digital age and some that is just plain well written and beautiful.
It's funny though, I have about 20 passages from the first essay that I love so maybe I should just say-read this book!
Here are some that I am lingering on today:
"...the most grandiose result of the photographic enterprise is to give us the sense that we can hold the whole world in our heads-as an anthology of images."
"In deciding how a picture should look, in preferring one exposure to another, photographers are always imposing standards on their subjects."
"Using a camera appeases the anxiety which the work driven feel about not working when they are on vacation and supposed to be having fun."
These three passages are very different, but are all very honest to me. Perhaps you could say I am imposing my standards as I pick the passages which I prefer! ;)
What do you think?
