Reading the Sign
If the power of photography
is your job
then you record the message
before scrubbing out the script.
And you have served your purpose
for being there.
CBT, September, 2015
Comments
finally someone has poetically expressed the disillusionment i feel when i have spent my hard earned cash on a gig ticket just to have the entire thing spoiled by selfish, mundane tossers recording half the fucking show on their stupid bloody i-phones. thanks!
It seems the taking of photographs now being so easy is like a kneejerk reaction to everyday living. When we were children we grow up by looking at the world and interpreting it , whereas now technology is making children of us again. How good is that? I have a film camera and I use it when I'm inspired and love to await the result with curiosity and anticipation. It's a very thought provoking poem and works well. A very bleak resume I feel.
l have been aware that Fotos can provoke or sometimes compress, reduce the memory of events surrounding the taking of the image. They can 'headline' recollection. A couple of years ago I spent 4 weeks travelling across Europe and decided to leave my mobile phone behind as l didn't want to lose that sense of separation and distance from my home and children. An example of the contrary: the five people that I was travelling with across Europe, all had mobile phones who were in contact, almost daily, with family and friends and would discuss neighbourly issues etc. Photographs/phone calls can both link and lose the moment- decisive or otherwise.
Succinct, spot on, with clear vision. Nice one Cynth.
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Katy Megan Hughes
Tue 6th Oct 2015 19:07
It's been said that photography is a universal language :)
Love this, and the image it creates in my head.