The right mental perspective
Taken with a Nikon D50 and AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6G lens
There's nothing on this planet that can 'not inspire'. If you look at a piece of trash and say "How could I possibly be inspired by this?" you're not looking beyond the obvious. Here's a couple of different ways in which to look at a piece of trash:
* If it's an interesting piece of trash (not at all as rare as you may imagine), look for interesting shapes, colours, reflections, juxtapositions, etc...
* If its not, look around, look at it in the bigger social context. What can you find that is relevant (or irrelevant) 10, 15 or 20 feet from it. What are the kinds of people in the vicinity? are they affected by it's presence?
* Or you could just figure that the piece of trash should not be there in the first place... so why is it? you could do a series of pictures on why and how it got there.
So, you see, its only a matter of looking at it with the right mental perspective.
Labels: AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6G, Nikon D50, Philosophy of Photography, Photography
