Its quite simple really, I had a particularly tough day yesterday what with one thing and another and I also had quite a lot of editing to do from a shoot earlier in the week. It dawned on me that my interpretation and 'gut feelings' for the images I was working on had changed from the day before. When I felt happy an image would look totally different to when I was feeling low and emotional, I just never realised 'how' different the same image could look depending on my ememotional state.
We all know that the film industry used sound and musical scores to emphasise the emotion of a scene, galleries often arrange works of art to take the viewer on a specific journey of the mind and heart, yet as photographers we have to rely on a single or series of prints to convey everything we want to say. Yeah ok we could do a slide show and add some music but that's not my 'thing' to be honest, I still like to hold a print in my hand and look at it in my own time.
Its a tough thing to do.... To tell a story in one shot.
Try it.... Let me know how you get on.
5 comments:
I think that is half the challenge of being a visual artist. When you did my wedding I could not have been happier with the results Matt, you captured the day perfectly, and you did it with photographs that told stories in ways I could never envisage. I have to say though, I cannot look at the photo you have posted at the end. It's just too sad!!
Karen & Mike
Hey Karen (& Mike)
If you can't look at the picture because it's sad then perhaps I have suceeded yes/no?
The photograph has captured a quiet sadness, so deep it breaks my heart to look at it. It is all at once beautiful yet disturbing. You need to now post a contrasting photo demonstrating 'happiness' to balance this portrait Matt.
F
An amazing photo, as always Matt. Incredibly emotional and just heartbreaking. I'm tempted to create an accompanying poem for it...
There is enough and little enough in the image to allow your viewer to take the story anywhere they want. The (deliberate) lack of context other than sadness (not tears of joy or relief) means that more of your viewers can relate to the image via their own experience and make the story their own. Brave and brilliant. J x
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