And other musings on Cangiante, Sfumato, and Unione
From a recent photo shoot for the Village of Orland Park of the Mayor and Board of Trustees. It turned out to be a late session at the village since I had to set up and photograph after the board meeting, the sun had long since set. With some digital sleight of hand I was able to turn night into day.
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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