why i was so skeptical to put my photographs on the internet for so long was because i feel my photographs belong to a physical album, and when being viewed i should also be present, describing things and telling stories. though i truly believe great images stand alone, without explanation, mine are too personal to me and i want them to be understood. which was also a big question for me, if i do this for myself why would i show other people? what do i get from showing others? my favorite photographs of my own are ones like this, where i feel i am the only one who can see.
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ReplyDeletei'm glad you put your photos on the internet. for two reasons. the first, some people don't get the opportunity to experience the physical album- the stories, your presence. the internet does the best it can. second, your photos- among other adjectives- are beautiful. maybe you take photos- and keep them- for yourself, but just in the way they are meaningful to you- your favorites- is enough reason to share them. what else can we do? it makes the photos (as they already do for you) exist in the world. sometimes i go on very long walks and i'll happen to come across an unexpected natural phenomenon, and i was alone. not one other person was there to witness this event, did it even really happen? your favorites- something you see- could very well never be understood by anyone else the same way, but i think thats ok. because the images- maybe all, or just some, and maybe even none- might mean something really big to the people who look at them (even as distant and vast as the internet universe).
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