The CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival has just launched for 2009. And I just attended the Still Revolution: Suspended in Time exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA). I viewed some exquisite exhibits by some fantastic photographers. In particular, I loved the work from Mikhael Subotzky from South Africa and Stan Douglas from my home country Canada.
Also, I was able to add more images to my growing "one thousand words" gallery. Just to explain the concept behind my gallery briefly, it's images that invoke a unique descriptive word like "warmth" or "love" when viewing the images...more on that project later. With respect to the images from the gallery, I've captured genuine reactions of the attendees as they interpret the photographer's exhibits. When viewing my images words that come to mind are "curious", "shock" and even "comical".
Thank you to CONTACT and MOCCA for hosting this great festival. Enjoy and let me know what words come to mind for you.
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I'm currently working on my gallery called "a thousand words". The concept? I approach strangers (mostly couples) and ask if I can take a few photos of them. My goal is to capture an image of the couple, review that image and ask what is the first word that comes to mind.
I'm using a technique that was taught from an amazing photographer named Jerry Ghionis. Where you combine classical portrait poses with a photojournalistic flare. For instance, I may ask a couple give each other a hug. But I'll proceed to ask personal questions or unique requests like ask "How did you propose?" Or I'll ask one of them to whisper in the other's ear "What was going through their mind when they first laid eyes on their significant other" At that very moment, I capture that shot. It's always a great experience for me and the couple. Plus they get to name the image which I send back to them.
For the couple Andrew+Novie below, they named their images "WARMTH"
[warmth] - the quality of being intimate and attached
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I'm trying to catch up on some of my reading and recently read an article called"Accounting for Taste"in PsychologyToday Mag from the writer EricGardner. Psychology to Photography??? I know I know where is the transition, right? My major in University was Psychology but the transition makes sense...maybe I'll explain one day.
Anyway...Eric went on to write a brilliant article about our choices in art and music and what that says about our personality.
I've took the liberty to paraphrase the article but keep in mind there are opposite sides to each of these styles that have both positive and negative attributes. I chose to just elaborate on the positive but you can read the article for more details.
The Taste Hunters, enjoy discovering new artistic material and influencing the taste of others. Their openness correlates to a great range of taste. And are constantly sampling new music, scouring movies and visiting art museums.
The Thrill Seekers, are extroverts that are lively, active and social people that crave sensory excitement in their art. They maybe attracted to abstract or surreal art from such artists like Jackson Pollock. They also enjoy music with vocals as they are drawn to human voice.
The Self-Medicators, feeds off raw emotional songs and gravitate to emotionally turbulent art. They utilize inspirational message as self affirmation and self medication and often focus on content rather than structure. Art can regulate their moods from melancholic or uplifting through music, books, movies or pictures.
While I don't like to assing myself into any one style, it begs the question "what style best describes me"??? Based on my own perception of my self I think I would be a "Taste Hunter". But if you ask my wife I would probably be a "Self Medicator" All said and done I think I would like others to see me as a "Thrill Seeker" but I'm not sure why.
Based on the Camera Cruise Photog Mentors and their pics, what style fits them best? The Taste Hunter, the Thrill Seeker or the Self Medicator. Then let me know what style fits you and why. Who knows maybe the Photog Mentors will offer their own opinion of their style as well.
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It is a good point!
(08.04.10 @ 03:17 AM)