CohenCapture
Awakening
If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera. ~Lewis Hine This quote best conveys my inability to articulate my message in words and my ability to tell my story through photographs.
Like Thomas Cole in the Hudson Valley, I was inspired by the sublime in the world around me. While hiking through the Uintia Mountian Range and Ashley National Park in Utah, I was overcome by the sudden need to capture the moment in front of me. At the emotionally charged age of thirteen, I had never been this close to a wild animal before. I was transfixed by the abnormality of the situation. I wanted to posses that moment, share that single experience exactly as I saw it then.
I felt exposed and vulnerable, yet there was something comforting in the way the trees contained the cows, framing the natural composition. I was confronting the unknown at the same moment it was confronting me. The way the trees stood between the cows, and the way the cows stood between the trees made it seem like nature was speaking to me. I felt as though the simple juxtaposition of the subjects was there for me on impulse. Slowly, I raised my disposable camera, looked through the dirty and scratched viewfinder and snapped. This photograph was one of many, my primal shift between taking pictures and making photographs. It is my philosophy that, you don't take a photograph, you ask quietly to borrow it.
I have difficulty expressing myself and articulating my thoughts because of my ADHD and NLD. Recounting a story is a struggle for me. I feel as though I have to explain every aspect, facet, and element in order to convey my intended message. I get lost in the explanation, listeners loose interest and my message has been sullied as my train of thought derails. My photographs are a vehicle for my expression. A photograph is worth so much more than a thousand words. In my mind it is how I communicate with the world.
Awakening
If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera. ~Lewis Hine This quote best conveys my inability to articulate my message in words and my ability to tell my story through photographs.
Like Thomas Cole in the Hudson Valley, I was inspired by the sublime in the world around me. While hiking through the Uintia Mountian Range and Ashley National Park in Utah, I was overcome by the sudden need to capture the moment in front of me. At the emotionally charged age of thirteen, I had never been this close to a wild animal before. I was transfixed by the abnormality of the situation. I wanted to posses that moment, share that single experience exactly as I saw it then.
I felt exposed and vulnerable, yet there was something comforting in the way the trees contained the cows, framing the natural composition. I was confronting the unknown at the same moment it was confronting me. The way the trees stood between the cows, and the way the cows stood between the trees made it seem like nature was speaking to me. I felt as though the simple juxtaposition of the subjects was there for me on impulse. Slowly, I raised my disposable camera, looked through the dirty and scratched viewfinder and snapped. This photograph was one of many, my primal shift between taking pictures and making photographs. It is my philosophy that, you don't take a photograph, you ask quietly to borrow it.
I have difficulty expressing myself and articulating my thoughts because of my ADHD and NLD. Recounting a story is a struggle for me. I feel as though I have to explain every aspect, facet, and element in order to convey my intended message. I get lost in the explanation, listeners loose interest and my message has been sullied as my train of thought derails. My photographs are a vehicle for my expression. A photograph is worth so much more than a thousand words. In my mind it is how I communicate with the world.