Comments on: Why Photography Now? 15 Artists / 1 Question

By: jane paradise

jane paradise — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:08:31 +0000

thanks lisa for this series!

By: Kram Namloc

Kram Namloc — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:17:24 +0000

I got into photography to be creative with no limitations in 1982. I found that really being creative, to the extent that I wanted to be, required that I make fine art as even in the somewhat creative fashion world, in the end, they just want to show the product. I am not about capturing or taking photographs, I am about creating or making images. It took me ten years to find my own unique creative voice. When I create work now, I always attempt to go places where I’ve never been. This is exploration, adventure and bliss.

By: Sal

Sal — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:47:20 +0000

How did you get so many photographers to respond? I think it’s great to see these answers – thanks much for sharing this! For me, photography enables me to project my perception from a third person point of view. I can recreate my experience (I was there and this is my point of view) but it is still an altered vision of the scene (it’s not exactly what I saw and oftentimes my photographs create a different version of the event from what I remember). In this way it’s almost like having a voyeuristic take on my own experience, which can be fascinating. Almost like an outside analysis from and by my own hand. The nature of the medium is obviously directly linked to this experience: if I were painting the result would be very intentional. I would affect and control the mood, the feeling. But with photography I am able to create something that is my view but because the photograph warps reality into two dimensions, it’s my view altered. Almost like a dream, wherein you recognize places and faces but something is slightly skewed. Hmmm… if only I could be as eloquent as the artists above!