The Secret's in the Telling
by peepeedog
"To take photographs means to recognize - simultaneously and within a fraction of a second - both the fact itself and the rigorous organization of visually perceived forms that gives it meaning. It is putting one's head, one's eye and one's heart on the same axis." - Henri Cartier-Bresson
It interests me to capture moments in time we perceive as part and parcel of daily lives. Ordinary visual stimulants that are so common they no longer register consciously in our heads. These fleeting moments are trivial yet important. They present themselves in preparation for a greater event, a moment where it becomes something worth remembering –– an anticipation of the future. We consume these moments without thought or reaction while they appear and disappear at whim.
This series of photographs were taken in the face of fleeing reality. People remember the beginnings and the ends, very rarely what happens in between. And yet it is what happens in between that give meaning to what we do. To paraphrase Florence Paradeis: "There is no real action in these photographs. Nothing is happening -– at least nothing that warrants being photographed." The only thing that is portrayed are the hollow moments in the passing of time.
2008
45.72cm x 45.72cm
Inkjet print, Archival semi gloss
Total edition: 5
