Order From Chaos

Diving deeper on ”Doing The Work”

I’m not done with titles so I’ll call this subversion № 1. Lining up hundreds of vertical pilings without merging any in the reflections was a combination of finding the exact right point of view and timing the shutter release.

I discussed some of my surprising editorial and curatorial choices for the Watercolors: subversion project last week. Today I’ll be ignoring the project and collection aspect and diving into thoughts about particular photographs. I could have any from my final curation, but these few will serve well to relate to numerous thoughts I wanted to share.

I’m not a landscape photographer. My first choice in photographic medium is black & white. That is to say, I don’t typically make color pictures when working on personal work. I find landscape confusing, chaotic, and frustrating. I like to control light rather than be subject to it. When you add color into the chaos, I’m bewildered.