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02/18/2008 12:55:13 PM · #1
In a few sentences tell us all why you are involved with photography and art.

louisp

Message edited by author 2008-02-18 23:52:41.
02/18/2008 12:56:28 PM · #2
For the ladies... ;-)
02/18/2008 12:58:08 PM · #3
the simple answer, i guess, is "i don't know"

same reason I like dipping kraft singles in miracle whip ... i just do
02/18/2008 12:58:36 PM · #4
Its all my wifes fault!!!!! :)

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02/18/2008 01:00:49 PM · #5
Honestly, I start typing, and nothing came out the way I wanted... I just love Photography/Art, it's connected to my soul. "Photography" what I want to do until I die and to known by after I died.
02/18/2008 01:05:25 PM · #6
Originally posted by hopper:



same reason I like dipping kraft singles in miracle whip ... i just do


dude... nasty!
02/18/2008 01:08:44 PM · #7
because I was told over and over again that I needed a hobby...
02/18/2008 01:12:19 PM · #8
Fulfills two distinct needs/obsessions in me: being a gadget head and needing to express myself outside of my job (read visual expression not prose). As someone with at least mild obsessive compulsive disorder I enjoy the whole process, from planning, through taking the pictures and then printing/publishing them and have long learned that I am my harshest critic.

Cheesey but true...
02/18/2008 01:14:09 PM · #9
Because I enjoy it. D'uh. :P

and for the ladies ;)
02/18/2008 01:24:35 PM · #10
Looking for a hobby, and I thought I'd be good at it! Boy, how wrong was I!!! Lol
02/18/2008 01:46:01 PM · #11
its the one way I can find to escape myself. when I am shooting, I am no longer aware of myself. Editing brings something similar. I think my obsession is like alcohol, drug addiction or being devoutly religious. It is the great escape. At first I thought i was trying to express myself. Over time, I realize the real truth is much more psychotic...i just want to escape myself.
02/18/2008 01:59:48 PM · #12
Originally posted by grigrigirl:

its the one way I can find to escape myself. when I am shooting, I am no longer aware of myself. Editing brings something similar. I think my obsession is like alcohol, drug addiction or being devoutly religious. It is the great escape. At first I thought i was trying to express myself. Over time, I realize the real truth is much more psychotic...i just want to escape myself.


grigrigirl, you are doing pretty good "escaping yourself" ;)

(Please check her portfolio to know what I mean)
02/18/2008 02:05:52 PM · #13
Originally posted by grigrigirl:

its the one way I can find to escape myself. when I am shooting, I am no longer aware of myself. Editing brings something similar. I think my obsession is like alcohol, drug addiction or being devoutly religious. It is the great escape. At first I thought i was trying to express myself. Over time, I realize the real truth is much more psychotic...i just want to escape myself.

I have never heard the "what are you a photographer" question answered in this way and I was shocked to realized that what you have said makes perfect sense to me. When I'm shooting or editing it's not really about expressing myself, it's about allow the subject, human or not, to express itself. As you described, I escape from myself. Odd, but I feel better now.
02/18/2008 02:07:42 PM · #14
A little of both I guess. I enjoy the fact that we can capture an everyday moment with a camera and get new insights. I believe it helps me not to take for granted things in front of me. Besides riding my bicycle, photography is one of the best ways to enjoy the day!
cheers,
JKH
02/18/2008 03:52:45 PM · #15
It´s just a result of what I like doing.
02/18/2008 03:57:05 PM · #16
Because I don't know any better...
02/18/2008 03:58:54 PM · #17
I see something, I want to remember it and share it with others, there is so much beauty in this world, in the mundane or the exotic...how could I possibly remember it all??
02/18/2008 04:00:37 PM · #18
Originally posted by option:

For the ladies... ;-)


Yup :-D

Oh, and I like to try to make people think.

One of those is simple.
02/18/2008 05:02:29 PM · #19
It is my chance to kneel before beauty.
02/18/2008 05:11:53 PM · #20
Originally posted by posthumous:

It is my chance to kneel before beauty.


Good one :-D
02/18/2008 05:15:34 PM · #21
Originally posted by grigrigirl:

its the one way I can find to escape myself. when I am shooting, I am no longer aware of myself. Editing brings something similar. I think my obsession is like alcohol, drug addiction or being devoutly religious. It is the great escape. At first I thought i was trying to express myself. Over time, I realize the real truth is much more psychotic...i just want to escape myself.


It is, of course, not an 'escape' at all, but rather a 'practice of affections' and a 'staying one's course'. When we do this -even when we 'fall into' into it, we may have 'escaped' our ego but hardly the 'self'.
To think of it as entering a religious state is interesting, since, historically, art was first conceived by religion.
To speak casually and say "When I'm shooting, I'm no longer aware of myself," shows quite clearly

who we really are when we live for an instant.
The 'psychosis' (the 'escape') is following the other rabbits.

-which reminds me of something somebody said:
"Common sense is the enemy of creativity."

This is a little incomplete and not fair as a response. I ran out of time.



Message edited by author 2008-02-18 17:17:50.
02/18/2008 05:17:13 PM · #22
I'm in it because it's one of my main outlets for creativity, without which I'd be even crazier than I am.

N
02/18/2008 05:22:18 PM · #23
It makes me HAPPY.
02/18/2008 05:23:24 PM · #24
because there's so much beauty in the world.
02/18/2008 05:27:28 PM · #25
The creative process is addictive -
it feels like a means, but it is an end all its own.
The result is merely a reminder of that experience.
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