Author: carlosmoradel1

Sally Mann

What Remains, Sally Mann

 

The film on Sally Mann made me realize that you can find inspiration anywhere.  She pointed out that people travel world for their work but she found a simple solution, which is to photograph what you love.  You can find inspiration anywhere, for her it was her family and locale.  I feel that I give up to easily when trying to find a subject to photograph, she made realize that I don’t appreciate the small things and so I close my mind to everything else.

 

The other point that really impacted my thinking is experimenting with different types of photograph.  In other words, use some of the old fashion cameras and development techniques such as Sally Mann did in the film.  This can potentially generate new ideas and artistic direction that can define me as an artist and the legacy I leave behind.

 

The most important thing that’s going to impact my own practice, is to just start with one picture after any large project.  It doesn’t matter what you photograph, the idea is to get practice and the ideas flowing.  As she mentions, this particularly important when trying to find inspiration soon after finishing a mentally draining body of work.

WATERMARK: Edward Burtynsky

The film takes you through a journey around the world, and it reflects on our relationship with water and how it shapes our human life. It gets the idea across that water is life, and without water, we die.  As we continue to progress, we also regress; as we carry on with growth-altering our natural environment.  It gives the viewer a reality check to the aftermath occurring around the world, depicting the transformation of entire regions and habitats.