Photos de Racines

There's a lot of debate in current photography critique about gimmicks, authority, and art.

I can honestly say: I don't care.  Not that I don't care about philosophy, art, skill, culture, etc.  It's a matter of choosing my investment in a conflict.  I don't care whether you take photographs with toy cameras or large format behemoths or with your sister's cousin's wife's cameraphone.  I'm just...unconcerned.  I'm much more concerned with the light and shade and composition and feeling that your image transmits.

I find myself looking at my many nikon and canon and polaroid and argus and holga and iphone bodies and lenses and seeing the same thing: apparatus for a common language, but a language with many dialects.  I'm not really concerned with your accent, I suppose, just the fact that we have a discourse.  My technical photography--my medium--is my idiosyncratic entrance into the discussion; my images are the message perhaps even in spite of my medium (sorry, Marshall McLuhan).

Meandering thoughts now put aside, here are some shots I took with a lowly camera phone and a hacky (but fun) application to finish them with.  Regardless of your opinion on high- and low-culture images and imagery, I challenge you not to see children enjoying a tree, some shade, and a small swing that made them fantastically happy.

Wishing you a sunny day and a swing to enjoy it with. xo