ku # 779 ~ an interesting pov, picture maker wise
Monday, July 19, 2010 at 10:21AM 
Water's edge and leaf ~ Bog River / Low's Lake region - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggenIt is somewhat interesting how it is that I find stuff about picture making while reading something that is not about picture making.
In this case, I was reading one of my "pulp fiction", albeit hardbound with nice paper, muder mystery / suspense novels that I came across this little bit of commentary:
A picture isn't a part of the experience - its a composition outside of the experience. The photographer chooses the angle. He chooses what will be in the picture, and what won't. If the picture is a world, then the photographer is the god of that world (ul. emph., mine) ~ from Chasing Darkness by Robert Crais
IMO, a good picture is a "world" unto itself. While it is a visually self-contained world, re: referent wise (aka, the noted) - the picture maker chooses the angle and what will be contained therein - the connoted can be connected to a much broader world. A world that can be as rich as the viewer's life experience. A world that can be enriched by a viewer with a wide range of experience, knowledge, and an open and creative mind or a world that is diminished by a lack thereof.
The picture maker's (god's) "job" is to open the door / provide the window to other worlds that he/she sees with aware, sensitive, and ever-seeking eyes.
Reader Comments (1)
This image has a subtle but insistent appeal, thanks for posting it. Also want to say that I enjoy your blog, always lots to think about.