in regards to alessandro imbriaco’s
work . thanks J.Colberg @
conscientious for this one…
I’ve not spent much time in Italy but I did live in Spain for years and really what he took pictures seems like the part of italy outside the norm, that have a sort of northern decrepid nature to them. It’s what I missed when I lived here and found myself photographing in Spain while I was there as well. It feels more like romania than typical italy, but then again if you adventure out into the “boring” parts of any country you end up finding these little nooks that can sometimes be visually scanned over.
I had a similar experience on my bike today on the south side of Chicago when I was with an friend looking at buildings that were for rent for a dream project I’m working on right now. I just saw a whole corner that was only two blocks away that I’d never seen in 2 years, or never really paid attention to. I find this is why photography really will always have something to talk about, even when we’ve somehow “covered it all”. Someone will always find something new, some different angle, a new take.
My girlfriend was talking about novels at dinner and expressed a similar sentiment about writing and how good writers suck you in because they have this singular point of view that comes from their brain and they really take you somewhere. It’s a different language that maybe describes visual moments but depends completely on words. Photography maybe somewhat lyrical, but its completely visual. There are no other senses to depend on, unlike cinema, and that singularity of the moment that a photograph is taken that makes the moment captured so arresting at times.
I personally love cinema, but I think why I was drawn to photography (other than literally having a camera forced into my hands at a young age) was the chance to freeze time, to condense a moment and to search out hidden places and moments. I have a real point of view on everything so photography allows me to express that part of myself quite well.
I’ve not spent much time in Italy but I did live in Spain for years and really what he took pictures seems like the part of italy outside the norm, that have a sort of northern decrepid nature to them. It’s what I missed when I lived here and found myself photographing in Spain while I was there as well. It feels more like romania than typical italy, but then again if you adventure out into the “boring” parts of any country you end up finding these little nooks that can sometimes be visually scanned over.
I had a similar experience on my bike today on the south side of Chicago when I was with an friend looking at buildings that were for rent for a dream project I’m working on right now. I just saw a whole corner that was only two blocks away that I’d never seen in 2 years, or never really paid attention to. I find this is why photography really will always have something to talk about, even when we’ve somehow “covered it all”. Someone will always find something new, some different angle, a new take.
My girlfriend was talking about novels at dinner and expressed a similar sentiment about writing and how good writers suck you in because they have this singular point of view that comes from their brain and they really take you somewhere. It’s a different language that maybe describes visual moments but depends completely on words. Photography maybe somewhat lyrical, but its completely visual. There are no other senses to depend on, unlike cinema, and that singularity of the moment that a photograph is taken that makes the moment captured so arresting at times.
I personally love cinema, but I think why I was drawn to photography (other than literally having a camera forced into my hands at a young age) was the chance to freeze time, to condense a moment and to search out hidden places and moments. I have a real point of view on everything so photography allows me to express that part of myself quite well.
Nice – I liked his work too and still have it open on my browser to come back to. That shot struck me too but I imagined them rushing towards him to jack his camera next. Maybe too much time in Spain…
“The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.” – Dorothea Lange
dude, jack his camera? haha, they look like a family having a bite and a drink. The small towns that I spent time in that looked like this were full of the most amazingly friendly people I’ve ever met, and I’m from the midwest.