Comments on: Unphotographable

By: Warren Terra

Warren Terra — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 13:49:10 +0000

But here, only here. Where it belongs.

This of course is what pulls the whole post together, the impermanence of the tangible and the kind of immortality only the mind has.
Not that you didn’t know that.

By: seahorse

seahorse — Fri, 23 May 2008 23:05:54 +0000

“I caught your gaze”…This made me think of Eve Arnold. In Retrospect is so, so good. And there’s also some excellent stuff in Magnum Stories. But I don’t get to look at that too often as it’s too bloody heavy to pick up. Some photography collections should have their weight specified before you order them. Anyway, aside from the book recommendations, I liked this very much.

By: An Unreliable Witness

An Unreliable Witness — Fri, 16 May 2008 20:03:31 +0000

Lillipilli — Thank you. My words living a life in someone’s mind is all I can ask, really.

Ziv Catbee — Never heard of a Holga, but have always fancied tinkering with a Lomo. But there’s the cost of film to consider. So instead, I have a Lomo Photoshop filter. (I know, I know, I’m a heathen.)

By: Ziv Catbee

Ziv Catbee — Fri, 16 May 2008 09:10:07 +0000

I just have to say; you should get a Holgan camera. No digital photos, just the whirr and the click.

By: lillipilli

lillipilli — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:49:01 +0000

I love, “I caught your gaze and sent it forth to live its life.” these words will also live a life in my mind. Thank you.

By: An Unreliable Witness

An Unreliable Witness — Wed, 14 May 2008 09:20:12 +0000

OE — You’re right, and even though there is no image on photographic paper to hold in my hands, this picture will definitely stay in the mind and prompt further memories.

Jem — All my photos fall short of what I actually see. They’re generally sharp and focused, for one thing.

Blueseaurchin — ‘Free, like a reckless dare’. I like that.

By: blueseaurchin

blueseaurchin — Tue, 13 May 2008 21:16:01 +0000

Stubbornly refusing to be defined as a particular moment, frame of time, escaping the pretentious wit from the overly studied hand of a photographer, they live instead untethered, and free, like a reckless dare.

By: jem

jem — Tue, 13 May 2008 11:37:23 +0000

Great stuff. I take slightly better photos now I have a digital camera and can take many and edit and crop and straighten etc. but they still fall far short of what I see in my eye.

‘the darkroom of my dreams’ — is a great phrase, there is fun to be had in that image alone.

By: overnighteditor

overnighteditor — Mon, 12 May 2008 22:02:13 +0000

Very true — Photographs are prompters for the memory.