light. (or: existential crisis #1141)

on a recent thrift soiree, i stumbled upon a mass of cameras, discarded into one bin. lots of cameras. it got me thinking about my friends who are photographers, always with their camera’s slung like a piece of existential jewelry around their necks. i have a lot of friends whose profession is photography. i am lucky enough to have surrounded myself with those that look at life through the lens of their cameras. coincidence that these are my friends? probably not. a unique perspective is a quality i consider highly important when choosing pals. how amazing they are, what they each teach me! the one thing that i am constantly learning from them is the importance of light. from what i understand, it is everything: a best friend or a worst enemy. how it affects the photo. how one see things, how the camera sees us, in what light we fall, what shadows we cast or don’t cast. light.

if i showed you the worst part of me, would you still like me? love me? if i saw the worst part of you could i say the same? we all try to portray ourselves in the best light possible. we all want to look good. a hard goal to accomplish every single goddamned day for sure. recently, i have been noticing the people in my life having a hard time, going through something/anything/everything. the best possible light is not available. understatement, of course. i include myself in all of this, too. is it the retrograde of some tiny planet far away casting it’s shadow upon us all? is it us turning away?

arduous as it may be, the best way out of a dark place is to cast a new light on the situation. move around, gain some perspective. look at it from another angle. wait until the light is better and take a new snapshot. eventually, we will get the image we want.

‘til next time, happy rummaging through your life ♥.

(this blog dedicated to amanda, josephine, greenblat, levon, suzanne and those who capture images that i have yet to meet-)

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