civilized ku # 167 ~ everything and the kitchen sink
Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at 08:34AM 
Oil, water, and sunlight • click to embiggenThere is a body of growing photographic evidence that clearly demonstrates that I have a somewhat un-natural relationship to our kitchen sink. Although, to be more accurate, the obsession is has more to do with what's in the sink as opposed to the sink itself.
When I am in our house (and other than the wife's lovely visage), the kitchen sink certainly ranks in the top 3 when comes to things that are most in my field of view so, in some ways, the attraction is understandable. In addition to that fact, it is also worth considering Minor White's statement that:
I am always mentally photographing everything as practice.
Do any of you have an "un-natural" relationship, photography-wise?
I am of a similar mind on that subject. It's just that, when it comes to the kitchen sink, mentally photographing won't satisfy my itch to scratch.
Reader Comments (6)
1st and 2nd critic (wife and daughter) have often pointed out to me my "un-natural" relationship to the dead animals I have found along my photographic path. Here is a recent one: I am drawn to them like the flies.
Trees. (I get interested in trees mostly when I have a camera in my hands.)
Is there any childhood trauma present around doing the dishes? I had to mow the lawn as a child, and I take photos of suburban neighborhood houses. Never made the connection before. Hmmm.
Here is a Landscapist kitchen sink photo homage.
Joe - no trauma that I can recall. Of course, it could have been so horrific that I may have buried it so deep that a coal miner couldn't find it.
Frank - now that's not a pretty picture
How long does the wife allow you to keep these moldy items festering in/near her sink? Is this a healthy state of affairs? You feed the grandchild in this kitchen? (LOL)