I recently inherited a bunch of photos/photo albums. Some are family, some I don’t recognize. I like the faces and situations. Though other people have taken these pictures, I scanned and cleaned them up as I thought appropriate. So I do have at least an editorial role. After all, it’s Phoenix Creative ‘Imagery’ – not ‘Photography’.
Photos are a type of time travel. “Look into the camera”, says the man with the time machine.
People photos don’t show up much in this blog. It is because I also submit my photos to photo agencies. They do not accept such without written releases. And, from my experience, the art buying public is not interested in ‘artsy’ images of people unknown to them.
“I see the shot as a beginning, as an image I can get ‘painterly’ with – giving it visual richness, abstracting it, or making it more conceptual.
As darkroom technique has always been an essential part of the photographer’s mastery of imagery – Photoshop is my darkroom. This process of post-production enhancement completes my relationship with the image.”
