Still Watching

Lately, I have been shooting more and more. I am acquiring a lot of data. And I feel, once again, that I dont know what to do with it all. The difference? I'm ok with it this time. I dont care if all my images have METADATA. I dont care if they get catalogued or even set for web viewing, let alone printing. I had high hopes of getting back into printing, but what? I dont know if I could cull my work into a show. Meaning, I think anything attributed statement wise from a "show" of mine would be contrived. Im just watching the world. It's pretty out there. I wish more people truly looked "out" more.

I dont meen to sound so dreary. I am shooting better and better work every day. Hopefully this, whatever it is, will help me to edit more. Maybe something WILL come of my view on this life I live. Maybe a book is due...

WATCH OUT

 

Windows: My Voyeuristic Tendencies

I often walk around with a camera, something I learned when going to school for photojournalism. Something ingrained deep within. So much so that when I don't have a camera on me, I feel "lacking". Even to the extremities of my best judgment; my shoulder throbbing in pain would be one example. One reason is that I feel like I might miss something. BUT the biggest reason of them all, I like to look through a lens.

I specifically like to train my lens on people or some form of "signs of life". To be frank, I like to watch people without them knowing. I like to catch them. At the most extreem of this activity, I watch windows. Hoping that, in some brief moment, I will catch a glimpse of life within.

1.4.2012

As a society we share space and time, yet somehow the experiences remain unique to the individual. Take for instance Josh and I, we are a couple, we both got our BFA's in Photography, we both wait tables in San Francisco and we live together. Despite all the time and experiences we share our view of them are completely different. On our first day off together in 2012 we rode past the de Young museum on our bikes after we had coffee at the beach and we decided to go up to the observation tower. These are the images we came away with.

  Josh Rosenthal

Kristin Delzell

  Josh Rosenthal

Kristin Delzell