DirtyGlassEye
Fatalism
(Warning, this description contains politics and controversial topics, solely for the purpose of this image and it's theme)
Right off the bat, yes, this is a heavily edited shot. I fantasized a very specific look I wanted from this composition and this was the result. All I wanted with this shot was to make it look more noire, particularly inspired by the cinematography of The Batman (2022).
Portland really is a rather depressing city. A shell of a once prosperous place, eaten out by it's dissatisfaction and insatiability for what it perceives as equity. Poor living conditions, tents on the roadside yet to be cleaned up, crawling with antifa. But perhaps that's the sad legacy of major American cities, where people don't live as hard, thrive on higher business to live, and dare I say don't contribute to the needs of the country as much as they think they do. My own resentment matches theirs. It's a shadowy topic to discuss, they're drawn to different opinions like airborne viruses. Responsibility doesn't hang heavy in these vicinities anymore. I've tried and tried to find a source for the outcome, and it keeps coming up empty. Maybe it was all just predetermined to happen. (That's the kind of thing I wanted this shot to exude).
Fatalism can be a good belief to apply to certain situations, but it can never be treated as a core belief, because that means you believe you're never at fault and everything you do is decided by something else. The victimhood perspective is overplayed these days and is amplified by more social thought structures like fatalism.
I foresee this shot not doing too well because it's in almost no way real. Everything in the frame is real. I did go to St John's Bridge and I did take this photo, but nothing is how it originally looked. From the sky to the bridge to the street, to the lamps (that weren't on). But I figured this would be a good shot to work on with October around the corner. I don't think I'll take this many creative liberties again for a long while, hope you enjoy anyway.
Fatalism
(Warning, this description contains politics and controversial topics, solely for the purpose of this image and it's theme)
Right off the bat, yes, this is a heavily edited shot. I fantasized a very specific look I wanted from this composition and this was the result. All I wanted with this shot was to make it look more noire, particularly inspired by the cinematography of The Batman (2022).
Portland really is a rather depressing city. A shell of a once prosperous place, eaten out by it's dissatisfaction and insatiability for what it perceives as equity. Poor living conditions, tents on the roadside yet to be cleaned up, crawling with antifa. But perhaps that's the sad legacy of major American cities, where people don't live as hard, thrive on higher business to live, and dare I say don't contribute to the needs of the country as much as they think they do. My own resentment matches theirs. It's a shadowy topic to discuss, they're drawn to different opinions like airborne viruses. Responsibility doesn't hang heavy in these vicinities anymore. I've tried and tried to find a source for the outcome, and it keeps coming up empty. Maybe it was all just predetermined to happen. (That's the kind of thing I wanted this shot to exude).
Fatalism can be a good belief to apply to certain situations, but it can never be treated as a core belief, because that means you believe you're never at fault and everything you do is decided by something else. The victimhood perspective is overplayed these days and is amplified by more social thought structures like fatalism.
I foresee this shot not doing too well because it's in almost no way real. Everything in the frame is real. I did go to St John's Bridge and I did take this photo, but nothing is how it originally looked. From the sky to the bridge to the street, to the lamps (that weren't on). But I figured this would be a good shot to work on with October around the corner. I don't think I'll take this many creative liberties again for a long while, hope you enjoy anyway.