The art of curating your own work as a photographer.
gave a slide presentation to a large audience of photography students, showing all the photographs he had made that year.
It makes me wonder: How many paintings did Van Gogh and Picasso paint over or throw away during their lifetimes? Perhaps some of them were even more stunning than the ones we know today. Maybe some of these destroyed pieces would have gotten the artists more recognition or even changed the trajectory of their lives. We will never know. But, ultimately, I am glad that we cannot see every single doodle, sketch, or inadequate painting they made.
Over the next couple of years, I found many other puddles with these oils, but they didn’t translate into “significant photographs.” I knew this subject matter had more potential. It wasn’t until 2018 that I came upon a patch of oils that was large enough to work with and as remarkable as the phenomenon could be. This is the first image I released of this subject matter, three years in the making.
There are no universal criteria for whether an image is technically sound, since not every photograph needs to be tack sharp. A great image could be completely out of focus or blurry.
No matter how good I may feel about an image once I have made it, I always let it sit for a while before coming back to it with fresh eyes and less emotion. Once the initial excitement of making an image wears off, we are in a much better space to determine whether we achieved what we wanted. Sometimes I’ll notice ways it can be improved through minor tweaks and adjustments; other times it just needs to be thrown out entirely. Or, with time, an image I was not very excited about will grow on me.
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