Sunday, November 02, 2003

2 November 2003 7:29 PM

another day nearing its end on a mild Sunday evening, troubled with what to do for the following year and what can I do, having had enough of uni as it is I will still have 2 subjects left next year but can I do them in another country somewhere far away, in another world having had a close look at Max Pams - Indian Ocean Journals, and Herb Ritts - Africa, I find we are all different yet, we are all the same, but its life, and I ask what is life ? How do you photograph it? What do you photograph? I find little inspiration here probably because I have, I am this place I am Melbourne, I am the streets and the people, and this place, and all from Melbourne are. When I look through these photos I find myself being taken away not only to another place but another time, where I want to be, I want to be travelling around, meeting people, and going through places talking, maybe this is what I need. Looking at the photos I know that these scenes just aren’t here, where to go and what to do? Is photography though a documentation of what is around you, or is it more, a documentation of your own life? Of places of just where your life takes, and the people you meet each day. How to capture life?……………………………............... What is life?……………………………

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