Nobuyoshi Araki
Spent the good part of the last two days parked in front of the computer, drowning myself in photography. Caught almost all the episodes of the documentary Genius of Photography back to back on youtube, and was astounded at the things photographers are doing out there. The possibilities are really endless, especially when it comes to fine art.
Came across this photo on the show:
It was shot by Nobuyoshi Araki, a well-known (some claim most important) Japanese photographer. It's a shot of his wife sleeping on a boat, taken during their honeymoon. After showing the photograph, the show cuts to an interview of the guy and he looks like this goofball, balding but with his remaining hair on either sides of his head spiked up like a Japanese ghoul.
Candidly, he explains that the shot was from a series taken during his honeymoon, which he titled Sentimental Journey. He goes on rattling about how the whole purpose of a honeymoon is have lots of sex, and that the shot was taken after they'd made love on the boat, and she just fell asleep in this fetal position, because she's so tired.
The show then cuts to many more shots of his wife, taken over the course of 20 years, right up until she was diagnosed with cancer and passed away. The final shots of his wife's passing are titled Winter Journey.
I was shocked, and quite frankly deeply moved. I understood perfectly when he said he wanted to capture nostalgia.. but it's not the emotional, good-old-times kind of nostalgia. It's the nostalgia that's close to 'the warmth of the womb'.. There's no proper word for it.
It's such a great image.
Looking at it, I can't help but be reminded of myself taking Har Gao's pictures. I had been such a lousy guy lately. Throwing childish fits and tantrums. Everything's about me, me and me. I'm surprised that she can put up with the incessant whining.
Oh, last but not least - experimented with pushing film yesterday. And it turned out surprisingly well. Played around with this slideshow program and put it up here. Link's kinda hard to make out.
Hee. I get the feeling there'd be many cool stuff to be done with this new tool.
Came across this photo on the show:
It was shot by Nobuyoshi Araki, a well-known (some claim most important) Japanese photographer. It's a shot of his wife sleeping on a boat, taken during their honeymoon. After showing the photograph, the show cuts to an interview of the guy and he looks like this goofball, balding but with his remaining hair on either sides of his head spiked up like a Japanese ghoul.
Candidly, he explains that the shot was from a series taken during his honeymoon, which he titled Sentimental Journey. He goes on rattling about how the whole purpose of a honeymoon is have lots of sex, and that the shot was taken after they'd made love on the boat, and she just fell asleep in this fetal position, because she's so tired.
The show then cuts to many more shots of his wife, taken over the course of 20 years, right up until she was diagnosed with cancer and passed away. The final shots of his wife's passing are titled Winter Journey.
I was shocked, and quite frankly deeply moved. I understood perfectly when he said he wanted to capture nostalgia.. but it's not the emotional, good-old-times kind of nostalgia. It's the nostalgia that's close to 'the warmth of the womb'.. There's no proper word for it.
It's such a great image.
Looking at it, I can't help but be reminded of myself taking Har Gao's pictures. I had been such a lousy guy lately. Throwing childish fits and tantrums. Everything's about me, me and me. I'm surprised that she can put up with the incessant whining.
Oh, last but not least - experimented with pushing film yesterday. And it turned out surprisingly well. Played around with this slideshow program and put it up here. Link's kinda hard to make out.
Hee. I get the feeling there'd be many cool stuff to be done with this new tool.