I’ve been pondering my love affair with photography recently. I feel like I lost my way a bit – am I taking that photo because I think someone else will love it (ie. I can sell it) or because I love it? Sadly, it seems the answer has more often than not be the former instead of the latter. And it’s so telling when I go through the images later.
Part of this realization has been because I’ve been going through my photography archives, archiving, adding keywords, getting rid of the chaff – and I find myself loving my old work so much more than the 2009 stuff. And the old stuff is more photoshop-centric, creating surreal tableaus, bending and blending images into what I see in my head.
This image is from my trip to Artfest 2007. Two of my favorite images from that trip blended to capture how that trip made me feel.
Free
reaching
seeking
flexing
and
finding my true self
my inner voice
my interior visions
being brought into the light
that was a great trip
11/13/2009 by Debi
I love this image. And I know what you mean. It’s hard to not get caught up in what everyone else does, especially if they actually sell it. It makes me feel insecure – why do people like HER stuff and not mine?, etc., etc., I say to myself. I find people quite often announcing with great fanfare that a shot is straight out of the camera, and it’s early morning for me, so perhaps I’m sounding mean, but really, I don’t care. So often that means it’s just a picture, not a vision. Not always, but often. I use photoshop like a paintbrush – whatever it takes to get there, to get to what I want to say. Of course, I am more writer than photographer, but my photgraphy and paintings are entertwined.
I can’t wait to see more of your inner visions.
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