Thanks, Larry! Macros have been my life...
Regarding the visitation project - you probably followed the link but
the photos are here:
http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php?blog=8
It is an attempt to better see what is around me and to force myself to
think about photography differently and to use cameras completely
differently. I’m trying to come up with images that have no subject
except light itself but suggest a subject. I’m interesting in capturing
light, motion and the passage of time while NOT capturing objective
subject matter. I don’t want to do “guess what this abstracted thing is”
photos, so I hope to push the implied subject matter far enough out that
the viewer knows it is in the realm of imagination and suggestion and
not a real thing. (I can honestly say that in many of those photos even
I don’t know what was in front of the lens when the exposure was made.)
But I still want the implication of a real thing there, i.e. not pure
abstract. A lot of the photos miss this mark - and I've edited out over
half of what I had put up this year - but a few make it.
When I started the project I set one basic rule – the images had to be
taken within my house or the adjacent yard. I want to force myself to
keep digging up shots even after it seems that I’ve exhausted everything
available. I want to get away from the idea that I need to get out and
go someplace new to wake up my slack and sleeping senses.
It’s not a formal constraint but I’ve limited myself to B&W. I’m finding
it too hard to work in color because it offers too many clues as to what
is going on and ties the photo back to the material subject. I’ve also
been shooting almost entirely in film (though there are few digital
shots in there) – mostly because I don’t want to get caught up in
chimping and also because I got a ton of film and developer that needs
to be used up before it all goes bad.
I came up with a few names for the project before settling on
Visitation. I was chasing a shaft of light that was sliding along the
wall (amazing how fast it moves) and thought about how briefly sunlight
visits a spot before moving on and how my goal is to capture the moment
of visitation.Or it could simply refer to saying goodbye to dead ideas
about photography. Or both.
Mark
On 1/16/2013 2:19 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
On Jan 15, 2013, at 8:36 PM, Mark C wrote:
Here's my 12 for 12, plus an older photo that I finally managed to process
successfully last year. A baker's dozen:
http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/
That is an excellent set of photos. You are superb with macros, wildlife and
wildlife macros.
What. specifically is the visitation project?
permalink:
http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/title-9
So - out with 2012, in with 2013....
Mark
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