Looking for things back in the archives b/c I'm searching for something for
@bribe/
@thedude & stumbled on this that I apparently wrote Friday, April 19, 2013 at 3:17am...
"The Jordan Oram Manifesto. From a corner suite in Vancouver
It's important to be aware that every photographer, every person has something to say that no one else can say. Where you are, is unique. When you are, is unique. Who you are, is unique.
Where you walk right now, the vast majority of the world's population will never set foot. Of those few who will step where you step now, the world will have changed around them. Leaves open, flowers bloom, clouds drift, the light changes. The streets get wet with rain or watering or festivals. They get scorched with the dry rays of summer sun. It all changes. That building is being built up. That building is being torn down. That car is parked there. That parking space is empty. Our world is dynamic and in flux. Realize this, and you can see it everywhere, slowly.
Think of how fast or slow we appear to move, to a hummingbird.
Think of how fast or slow we appear to move, to a tree.
Think of how fast or slow we would appear to move to a mountain, that could see.
This world is in flux. It is dynamic. This photograph that you are about to take, can never be taken again.
My parents changed their backyard. I can never take a picture of what that backyard used to look like before they changed it. You'll never see it now. That was a unique time and place that is no longer. Plus you're not likely to get into my parent's backyard. Who I am, where I am, the relationships I have, and the things I see, are part of me and my vision. They permeate my photographs and are different than your photographs. Were you in this time and this..."
I feel like
@jonathancolton @eriks &
@niloofarmd will also resonate with this 😉
$GMYerb
