man & nature # 121 ~ on the road again

Apple orchard in early Spring • click to embiggenI am, of course, a devotee of the medium of photography's association / relationship with "the real" and "truth". I especially relate to those things along the lines of these thoughts:

A photograph is what it appears to be. Already far from 'reality' because of its silence, lack of movement, two-dimensionality and isolation from everything outside the rectangle, it can create another reality, an emotion that did not exist in the 'true' situation. It's the tension between these two realities that lends it strength. - ~ Richard Kalvar

and

When I look at pictures I have made, I have forgotten what I saw in front of the camera and respond only to what I am seeing in the photographs. ~ Minor White

Next week, I'll delve into these ideas in greater detail, Right now, it's off to South Jersey and the City of Brotherly Love (aka, Philadelphia).