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Is there a relationship: people and their tools?
Sep 11, 2014,16:12 PM
Most likely at multiple levels... double / triple entendre aside... so easy to be distracted when in fact there is subtly afoot.
"... the ability to master certain tasks in a state of distraction proves that their solution has become a matter of habit. Distraction as provided by art presents a covert control of the extent to which new tasks have become soluble by apperception."
- Walter Benjamin, The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (c) 1936
Photography for me has always involved the "art" of conscious perception. Benjamin's essay is a difficult slog, but there are some gems... having said that...
The second (and possible entendre) part of the equation might in fact be rhetorical seeing as how the answer was provided ;-)
Looking forward to the second part.
Casey
FYI: in original version of the "live view" image, we can see that the individual is fully clothed.
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People and their cameras. Is there a relationship ...
By: small-luxury-world : September 11th, 2014-05:25
or is it just a tool? I guess some of us here have a relationship with (at least) one camera. Especially owners of a Leica are affected quite often, but not only To observe people in "special" situations (taking pictures/selfies for example) is something ...
For sure that there is a relation ...
By: nilomis : September 11th, 2014-07:30
I normally use three cameras (not Leica, I grew up with a SLR): 1) iPhone 5S with CP Pro and iOS iPhoto for quick and dirt shots. 2) Canon EOS M (the best camera for the money) as walk by camera. 3) Canon Mark II for static / tripod / macro shots. Since d...
very nice!
By: MattS : September 11th, 2014-08:38
some great and nice pictures here! Matt
All of them are great...
By: Ares501 - Mr Green : September 11th, 2014-12:15
some are truly amazing and one is precious ;) Thank you for this delightful post Yours Damjan P.S. I think I have one somewhere but not sure if it would be acceptable.... the lady is having Nikon ;) :)
Is there a relationship: people and their tools?
By: cshimokita : September 11th, 2014-16:12
Most likely at multiple levels... double / triple entendre aside... so easy to be distracted when in fact there is subtly afoot. " ... the ability to master certain tasks in a state of distraction proves that their solution has become a matter of habit. D...
As promised, part II: Gentlemen and their cameras ...
By: small-luxury-world : September 12th, 2014-06:26
Be warned, I have quite a lot to show. Please fasten your seatbelt, they are coming now ... :-) OK, now I learned you can upload only (!? :-) ) 100 pictures at the same time. Plus, one for the road ... Wish you all a great weekend! Oliver ...
Thank you, Oliver! What a fun post.
By: masterspiece : September 16th, 2014-19:29
And a lot of work as well! To find all those images and then to drop it into the polaroid frame and then to save it… thank you for your hard work. I like the image of the woman/celebrity in the car above Scarlett. She for got to take the cap off … or perh...
Bob, thanks a lot for your kind reply which is much appreciated.
By: small-luxury-world : September 17th, 2014-01:05
The pictures I have collected over a long time and always thought it could be nice to do a post about. Obviously they all looked kind of different and so I decided to present them all in the same way. This time I have chosen "Polaroid style" - good or bad...
Ahhhh, Victoria Beckham, eh?
By: masterspiece : September 17th, 2014-16:39
I wasn't sure who that was behind the capped lens. LOL Good job in putting together the montage of images. Aloha, Bob
I had a long reply to this post...
By: Echi : September 12th, 2014-22:23
And i lost it. Damn ipad!! Just sold my M9-P so this post is quite timely. Man, i wish i could retype everything. I was in the zone! Well the relationship is both physical and philosophical... Multidimensional as Casey pointed out. You can view it in stag...
I was fortunate to sit with a watchmaker for 90 minutes today...
By: cshimokita : September 13th, 2014-08:46
For him, a watch must show movement, we must experience the passing of time rather than reference a tool that only indicates the moment... Maybe there is a similar parallel in the world of photography, as you have (in this case) "re-written". The "perspec...
