Saturday, May 27, 2023

The Value of Snapshots


When speaking to folks about my images, I often like to make light of my 'wall period'. When I declared an official end to this phase a number of years ago, I thought that meant I was totally done with walls. Fact is, I'm not. I still keep coming back to some of the compositions I made years ago. These little anomalies in the built environment that caught my attention at the time -- some of them still resonate with me. And I continue to photograph what attracts my attention, for whatever reason. I no longer feel the need to question that. And not everything has to be destined for the gallery wall. Or be monitized. More and more, I have come to appreciate the Japanese ethos of 'snapshot' photography.