Tom dinning
Registrant*
So, what is it all about?
Seriously.
We all have our reasons for photographing, some simple and uncomplicated, others not so.
I'm sure we all walk the same path at the beginning but along the way we choose to stop, continue or deviate.
I'm interested in how others see their own involvement in photography.
In spite of my simple approach as 'an act of doing' I am constantly aware that I seek a different meaning. It's part of the exploration I took on many years back. I have read just about every autobiography, philosophy and explanation there is to read. Sometimes I see something of myself, other times I explore, many times I don't understand.
But I never laugh.
I might find the thoughts of others difficult to understand, even strange.
But I never laugh.
I might question the holder of certain beliefs, but this is to establish a better understanding.
And I never laugh at what they think.
Unless it's a view that sees the insight of others as childish and rediculous, for this is an expression of ignorance.
Would I laugh at Adams or Stieglitz or Leibovitz or Claris?
Would I laugh at my students?
When I stop on my path to finding out I'd like to think I've learnt from many and advanced beyond the simplicity of 'just taking photos".
After all, we don't talk just for the sake of it.
Or perhaps we do.
Seriously.
We all have our reasons for photographing, some simple and uncomplicated, others not so.
I'm sure we all walk the same path at the beginning but along the way we choose to stop, continue or deviate.
I'm interested in how others see their own involvement in photography.
In spite of my simple approach as 'an act of doing' I am constantly aware that I seek a different meaning. It's part of the exploration I took on many years back. I have read just about every autobiography, philosophy and explanation there is to read. Sometimes I see something of myself, other times I explore, many times I don't understand.
But I never laugh.
I might find the thoughts of others difficult to understand, even strange.
But I never laugh.
I might question the holder of certain beliefs, but this is to establish a better understanding.
And I never laugh at what they think.
Unless it's a view that sees the insight of others as childish and rediculous, for this is an expression of ignorance.
Would I laugh at Adams or Stieglitz or Leibovitz or Claris?
Would I laugh at my students?
When I stop on my path to finding out I'd like to think I've learnt from many and advanced beyond the simplicity of 'just taking photos".
After all, we don't talk just for the sake of it.
Or perhaps we do.