And other musings on Cangiante, Sfumato, and Unione
Accidents are fun. Photo accidents, that is. Serendipity or the Happy Accident is a thing that is in short supply in the digital age. It was one of the treasured outcomes when shooting film. Now I feel like I need to be intentional, which seems to be at odds with the idea of an accident.
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I stand still or move slowly, feeling things like the impulse of shapes, the direction of lines, the quality of surfaces. I frame with my eye (sometimes with my hands) as the ground glass would frame. Nothing that one could reasonably call thinking is taking place at this stage. The condition is total absorption; the decision (a picture!) is spontaneous. – Aaron Siskind, 1955