Beyond the Frame – Seeing Is Believing
The framing of an image is a border of sorts. To a degree, it defines what the photographer wants you to experience. But the frame also has an implied extension that goes beyond what is visible.
The framing of an image is a border of sorts. To a degree, it defines what the photographer wants you to experience. But the frame also has an implied extension that goes beyond what is visible.
“We must come to the realization that our ideal world has been drastically altered. Man, his machines and his simpleminded ambitions are constantly altering the makeup of the ecosystem. All while, corporate advertising renders a world free from disruption. They show us living the good life while gliding comfortably in a luxurious car inside the fantasy of our Disney Kingdoms. We have buried our heads in their pipe dreams.”
Oil is not worth any of this. Cars are not worth it. Money is not worth it. Nothing is worth losing to our greed for oil.
To a certain degree, the junkyard shows us where we have been, our struggle for permanence and our fate.
It is easy to make images of the new, the exotic and the distant. Things that are close and familiar are much harder to see.
I search across the web for images, art, video and articles which might offer inspiration. Inspiration for me, comes from seeing something which needs attention. It helps me to see…
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