Georg Baumann
Subscriber Member
BACKSTAGE - A Door Into The Photographers Mind
Greetings,
A couple of days ago I was talking with some friends here about an idea for a specific thread theme.
Pictures often come to life when the photographer shares a little story about the picture. A background story, or anything of importance really that the photographer pulls from his memories. I think that by adding this dimension to the photographs we look at, another door to a better appreciation and the photographers intention is opened for us.
Of course not all pictures have a interesting story attached, but often enough they are intertwined with some important memories. The immense difficulties that we had to deal with while taking the picture, the personal background information of the portrait, the funny coincidences that might have occurred while we took the shot, the skunk that sprayed the camera :bugeyes:, you get my drift.
Sharing a single picture and telling the related story is the goal!
Now, there is a little twist that Jack brought up. What about the camera used, the gear, the technique, the post processing etc.?
All of that does not matter in this thread. From pinhole camera over iPhone to Linhof large format, anything goes. What really matters is the story behind the picture.
Or as Michiel Schierbeek put it, “Pictures transcending brands!”
If I think about it, sometimes this can go even further, there is that picture that we would normally deem unworthy and of minor quality, but we did not delete it because there is something special about it that only we know, and often enough this information makes this picture very special, and now the observer can appreciate it from a different perspective, other than IQ and technical brilliance, because the photographer shared this information with us.
Let’s leave out all those technicalities, there is no need to know what camera or glass was used, this is not about a discussion on aperture, ISO, noise or post processing.
The photograph and the story shall be in focus here, exclusively!
All my best
Georg
Thanks to Jack, Michiel, Werner et al. encouraging the idea!