Rip in the Fabric
One of the most-asked questions is: “What makes you shoot the picture?” My answer is: “I’m looking for something I’ve never seen before.”
What can be there that you’ve never seen before? The answer is sometimes the reason for traveling to exotic places. Then, obviously, everything you see is new to you.
To find this kind of stimulus is the most difficult thing of all. What can be in your own neighborhood that turns you on and makes you want to shoot? I’m looking for the rip in the fabric, the thing that looks surrealistic, the juxtaposition of disparate elements, something that is “wrong.”
This can be almost anything, but one has to be open to it, to not look past it. You must stay sensitive to what’s literally right in front ...
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