It ain't me, babe
by ubique

Comment by mitalapo:

Originally posted by ubique: It's not really about anything at all. It's just a shallow dip into a bucket full of random photographs. To celebrate what photographs are when both photography and subjective coherence are excluded.

but then you do fill the frame after all.

It ain't me, babe
by ubique

Comment by insteps:
Paul, one for posterity. Beautiful work presented in a thoughtful way.

Tracks is a fascinating way to think of photography. They�re building blocks, our evolution, how we arrived at this place. They are what makes our next photograph. They are also the creative people, not only photographers, that we follow. Tracks are all around us and of course behind.

�It ain't me, babe� says the elephant trying his best to stay out of sight. This is no Gary Larson cartoon. This is no laughing matter. I sense your pining on the plight of the elephant and other creatures you�ve photographed. At some point, like everything else, their tracks will simply end.

It ain't me, babe
by ubique

Comment by ubique:
I'm making it hard to figure out what to say, I know. Making it hard to decide what this essay is about. Is there maybe some subtle profundity that you're overlooking?

Nope.

It's not really about anything at all. It's just a shallow dip into a bucket full of random photographs. To celebrate what photographs are when both photography and subjective coherence are excluded.

It ain't me, babe
by ubique

Comment by wbanning:
I think it futile to attempt any meaningful analysis of this work, but, there are times when futile work is not wasted. So...

There are striking images that would stand alone. There is a consistency of theme and style that is amplified by a score that seems to have been created for the essay. There is the context of tracks, direction, movement, things passing by, things left behind. And in the end; stillness.

I come away wanting to return. But it's not possible to return... so I start anew.

Thanks for this, Paul.

It ain't me, babe
by ubique

Comment by primabarbara:
I'm not sure if I understand that essay. Maybe there is nothing to understand but just to make up my own thoughts.
I like to think of it as a domino game where the next stone is a consequence of the predecent.

It ain't me, babe
by ubique

Comment by PennyStreet:
I kept thinking "Time". The music is perfect and, though you probably don't want to be likened to anyone, the "whole" seemed very David Lynch to me. Excellent even when you least expect it.

It ain't me, babe
by ubique

Comment by posthumous:
I'm devastated by your feebleness.

You can't go wrong when you fill an essay with fantastic photos, but I find it to be good as an essay as well. You say it's about tracks, and indeed it is a meditation on "tracks" and what that can mean. How we leave them behind and how they continue changing the place we leave.

crazy over you
by ubique

Comment by tnun:
yes. an uber photo: the medium transcended, and what a splendidly embraced subject.

crazy over you
by ubique

Comment by posthumous:
this is funny but also a dream

I'm hanging this in my fantasy art gallery

crazy over you
by ubique

Comment by Dennisheckman:
The word that comes instantly is "elegant". Love the deep contrast. 8