daily shooting – faces and lack of
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Said that, I’m full aware of visual aspects of the human face, with all it’s complexity of expressions, hint, traces of experiences and misleading suggestions. The historical relation between photography and human apparitions is obviously very deep and well documented one, portrait have their own galleries, tons of literature etc. Portraits are not the only way to depict people though.
I also do not think I can or should be called a ‘street photographer’. The term has so many meanings though, it’s becoming a bit useless. Does me shooting on the street, and shooting unposed fragments of daily reality automatically make me one? Or is it about those ‘funny juxtapositions’? Is the second image from today’s post such a ‘ha ha’ moment? It’s not for me. What makes it something else is the gentleman’s expression, still being clear enough despite the shallow depth of field (f2.8).
The first image, full of hooded black jackets, also takes it’s magnetism from faces – or in this case, lack of them. Rather dark and gloomy, it surely doesn’t fit in ‘street photography’ as most of the photoworld understands it. Not that I’m bothered to be honest though.
