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Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Giving It Your "All"
With some vacation time coming up I've dusted off my lenses and started planning projects. In my search I came across this little inspirational short.
I'm not sure what to think or say. On the one hand, I can certainly respect the guy's art and method but feel a little more frustrated than inspired due to his seeming lack of connection or commitment to anything but his work...I guess only a real arteest can focus on that which his muse brings to him, forgoing all of the mundane aspects of everyday life and produce anything of social value. Two of his subjects here look like burnouts who couldn't handle commitment or responsibility and set their sails for freedom at the cost of connection. Of course the skateboard guy is an inspiration, but to me, more of an affirmation. We all are different. We each serve a purpose. We each must endure pain...Hopefully we can still find joy and purpose.
Good comments. Granted the guy's project plan seems half-baked, but there were several aspects of this which appealed to me. The first was his method and finished work; man those prints were awesome in clarity, huge in size, and so quick and mobile I thought it was very cool in and of itself. I also thought the project itself, while loose, was in its essence inclusive, and in many respects pedestrian in nature, and thereby maintains a pretty high potential to move down several different paths (e.g.Wasteland. ). The fact that he was taking images of salt and pepper of the earth, rather than Paris Hilton's pooch, appealed to me. That said, whether he has a propensity to be drawn to broken people seems clear, but polaroiding at scale, some of the more mundane moments and in some cases people with little hope, I thought had a potential redemptive quality for the subject and transformative experience for the viewer. The question for me was; ok what now? Are you pulling this together as a movement, taking on a cause, showing off injustices, or just indulging in your own personal idiosyncrasies? In a later video I see he has taken the camera-truck to Yosemite for some beautiful results, but the objective of the project still seems foggy as to how to tap into its potential.
I'm not sure what to think or say. On the one hand, I can certainly respect the guy's art and method but feel a little more frustrated than inspired due to his seeming lack of connection or commitment to anything but his work...I guess only a real arteest can focus on that which his muse brings to him, forgoing all of the mundane aspects of everyday life and produce anything of social value. Two of his subjects here look like burnouts who couldn't handle commitment or responsibility and set their sails for freedom at the cost of connection. Of course the skateboard guy is an inspiration, but to me, more of an affirmation. We all are different. We each serve a purpose. We each must endure pain...Hopefully we can still find joy and purpose.
ReplyDeleteGood comments. Granted the guy's project plan seems half-baked, but there were several aspects of this which appealed to me. The first was his method and finished work; man those prints were awesome in clarity, huge in size, and so quick and mobile I thought it was very cool in and of itself. I also thought the project itself, while loose, was in its essence inclusive, and in many respects pedestrian in nature, and thereby maintains a pretty high potential to move down several different paths (e.g.Wasteland. ). The fact that he was taking images of salt and pepper of the earth, rather than Paris Hilton's pooch, appealed to me. That said, whether he has a propensity to be drawn to broken people seems clear, but polaroiding at scale, some of the more mundane moments and in some cases people with little hope, I thought had a potential redemptive quality for the subject and transformative experience for the viewer. The question for me was; ok what now? Are you pulling this together as a movement, taking on a cause, showing off injustices, or just indulging in your own personal idiosyncrasies? In a later video I see he has taken the camera-truck to Yosemite for some beautiful results, but the objective of the project still seems foggy as to how to tap into its potential.
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