From f2838696cc99f7a4155df01599a923ca53599ca6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexandre Dulaunoy Date: Sun, 7 May 2017 16:22:44 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Blog post added: A trace in photography is the witness to an anteriority. We, as photographer, take each opportunity to capture moments who evaporate from our own life. --- .../trace-and-opportunity-in-photography.rst | 28 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+) create mode 100644 posts/trace-and-opportunity-in-photography.rst diff --git a/posts/trace-and-opportunity-in-photography.rst b/posts/trace-and-opportunity-in-photography.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..503d0e7 --- /dev/null +++ b/posts/trace-and-opportunity-in-photography.rst @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +.. title: Trace and Opportunity in Photography +.. slug: trace-and-opportunity-in-photography +.. date: 2017-05-07 14:03:49 UTC+02:00 +.. tags: photography, photographer, inspiration, trace +.. link: +.. description: A trace in photography is the witness to an anteriority. We, as photographer, take each opportunity to capture moments who evaporate from our own life. +.. type: text +.. author: Alexandre Dulaunoy + +.. figure:: surface.jpg +.. _surface: https://www.flickr.com/photos/adulau/34376746461/ +.. _ref: http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/P/bo25149795.html + +the surface_ is not far away, ƒ/2.0, 35mm + +Again a small and side comment during a walk disturbed me. *It's raining so it's a pity for you doing photography*. This posed a question to myself regarding the precondition +of taking pictures. Why restricting yourself to some positive conditions in order to take photographies? Especially when you witness a trace, it's an evidence of your own life. + +Retouching, by restricting yourself to good setup while doing photography (e.g. sunny weather, perfect lighting or framing), is loosing a part of the truth inherent to the +trace you want to capture. The picture surface_ was taken during this rainy walk. The situation (circular effect of the droplets) allows to set the trace in a timeline by +witnessing the rain. A photography is not more readable if you have perfect surroundings or condition but when partial or disturbing elements are there to stress the witnesses. + +I will continue to take my camera with me even if the conditions are far from being perfect. My perception of the traces is strongly linked to my capacity to keep the anteriority +alive. + +If you would like to dig more in the trace topic, the book *Photography, Trace, and Trauma* by Margaret Iversen (ref_) is maybe one of the most sensitive work, I read, on the topic even if I personaly think the Trauma +aspect is just the filter of our mind. +