I find it a risky attempt to translate the need or desire to make a photograph into ideas or words.
When one says there is nothing to photograph, one could mean there is nothing I want to photograph. Saying there is nothing to photograph would mean that photography's illusion which is to stop time has actually happened in the real world. Nevertheless, time is still not paused and no two photographs have ever been the same.
Even if they look exactly the same, two photographs are not the same.
Photographs are not only about visuals, they are about time.
Yes there are styles and ways to take pictures and when it is said " there is nothing left to photograph" what is meant is that one is stuck behind conventions and cannot free himself from it.
The big frustration among photographers is their inability to truly create. In some way, they are always dependant on outside events.
In my opinion, beeing closed minded, saying there is nothing left to photograph will prevent you from having your eyes open which of course will stop you from seeing the photographs that have not been taken. In addition, the hope to succeed will be gone.
Anything left to photograph?
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I find it a risky attempt to translate the need or desire to make a photograph into ideas or words.
When one says there is nothing to photograph, one could mean there is nothing I want to photograph. Saying there is nothing to photograph would mean that photography's illusion which is to stop time has actually happened in the real world. Nevertheless, time is still not paused and no two photographs have ever been the same.
Even if they look exactly the same, two photographs are not the same.
Photographs are not only about visuals, they are about time.
Yes there are styles and ways to take pictures and when it is said " there is nothing left to photograph" what is meant is that one is stuck behind conventions and cannot free himself from it.
The big frustration among photographers is their inability to truly create. In some way, they are always dependant on outside events.
In my opinion, beeing closed minded, saying there is nothing left to photograph will prevent you from having your eyes open which of course will stop you from seeing the photographs that have not been taken. In addition, the hope to succeed will be gone.