Photographs

Ansel Adams once said, "A photograph is usually looked at--seldom into."  Isn't that the truth?
How often we just glance and go on.  We censer our inner seeker for more by skipping on to
the next thing or frame.  Even films put so much into a single frame moment, but who actually
is looking "into" that image to catch the art of it?

When I look at my own work I often see new nuances and sub-subjects that I missed before.
These give a photograph more meaning or less depending on what it is that reveals itself on
the paper.  Try looking at a photograph for longer than a movie frame.  Allow yourself to
be curious.  Why did the photographer take that particular rectangle or square and make it
the "subject" for all to see?  Wonder.  Sit with it.  And if you don't get it that is okay.  It's not
always about "getting it."  But looking into an image is much more rewarding than looking
at it.

Take the Effiel Tower for example, arguably the most photographed subject on the planet besides
Marylin Monroe.  Next time you see it be curious.  What is around it?  What angle was it taken from?
What kind of person may have taken the photo?  How does the weather affect the photo? Is it digital?  Is it film?  Is it worth a closer look?  Become a seer of images and not just a glancer.  What is it that you never saw when looking at the most photographed object in the world?  And this is only one example.  There are infinite more.