And other musings on Cangiante, Sfumato, and Unione
There are times when I just know it’s going to be a fun session. I also love it when I see images coming together before my eyes, and I can act quickly enough to capture them. I see the set as a stage for my subject to act on. As a director, my job is to give them the space to show up and be whomever they choose to be. I’ve known these kids for a long time, and it’s fun whenever I get to see them again because I never know what I’m in for. It was a fun session.
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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