"One needn't write essays about it."

As many people have discovered, Alec Soth now has a blog and is one of the many fine photographers now writing about their work (and a bunch of other stuff).

Alec hasn't just appeared in his own blog, of course. Here's a snip from the Walker Arts Center blog which I like a great deal:

This is totally corny, but the way I think about it is I really close my eyes and I try to imagine an exhibition of pictures and see what kind of pictures — what is it I really want to look at? — and then go try to make those pictures. You never make those pictures, because they just don't emerge that way, but it takes you on a path. Recently, I was in Georgia and it was the beginning of a commission. What did I want to photograph? Like, I'm interested in hermits. So I do a little Google search on 'hermits,' 'Georgia.' And I find this Greek orthodox monastery in rural Georgia, and I go there and have this amazing encounter with these people. Those pictures weren't in my head — Greek Orthodox monks — but something developed and it took me on this crazy path.

October 15, 2006

 

Filed
Under

PhotoRant

General
Active
Categories

Comments on ""One needn't write essays about it.""

 

All content on botzilla.com is ©1994-2017 by Kevin Bjorke. All Rights Reserved.