The disappearance of reality
It is perhaps not a surprise that photography developed as a technological medium in the industrial age, when reality started to disappear. It is even perhaps the disappearance of reality that triggered this technical form. Reality found a way to mutate into an image. - Jean Baudrillard
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I was visiting friends and family in San Jose, California yesterday, and took time out to stop by the holiday festival they always have downtown. I was thinking of photographing decorations and food and some of the more interesting buildings there. But I found the whole scene surreal, and actually a bit unsettling. It was not until I turned my camera to look at random people that I felt myself get back into the spirit of the season:
The disappearance of reality
It is perhaps not a surprise that photography developed as a technological medium in the industrial age, when reality started to disappear. It is even perhaps the disappearance of reality that triggered this technical form. Reality found a way to mutate into an image. - Jean Baudrillard
en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jean_Baudrillard
We’re Here: www.flickr.com/groups/loastandorfound/
I was visiting friends and family in San Jose, California yesterday, and took time out to stop by the holiday festival they always have downtown. I was thinking of photographing decorations and food and some of the more interesting buildings there. But I found the whole scene surreal, and actually a bit unsettling. It was not until I turned my camera to look at random people that I felt myself get back into the spirit of the season: