Washed and dried and Sanitized
Saturday, August 4th, 2007
The Manufactured Photograph
I like to think that some photographs are the product of serendipity but the cynical part of me says no, it just can’t happen, it’s all work. Serendipity is just another word for luck because many times what happens, or what happened, is good luck, like winning the lottery.
Of course there is luck and work and then there is just work - the manufacturing process - the photograph as an object that asks questions and sometimes provides answers and sometimes it can take you to other places - it triggers memories.
Sometimes the photograph itself suggests it’s own further development, like a voice that speaks to you, other times you drop a stack of prints on the floor and two images come together serendipitously to make another.