“As the photographic industry was the refuge of every would-be painter, every painter too ill-endowed or too lazy to complete his studies, this universal infatuation bore not only the mark of a blindness, an imbecility, but had also the air of a vengeance. I do not believe, or at least I do not wish to believe, in the absolute success of such a brutish conspiracy”
A wonderful piece of writing (again) Harry. Like you, I consider myself a flâneur as I wander around our cities with a camera in hand (but less gracefully than Henri Cartier-Bresson). I have recently come across derivé (or drifting). Have you heard of it? Coincidentally it will be in tomorrow's Jotter...
Harry, great photograph
Baudelaire…
“As the photographic industry was the refuge of every would-be painter, every painter too ill-endowed or too lazy to complete his studies, this universal infatuation bore not only the mark of a blindness, an imbecility, but had also the air of a vengeance. I do not believe, or at least I do not wish to believe, in the absolute success of such a brutish conspiracy”
Read his full essay on photography:
https://www.csus.edu/indiv/o/obriene/art109/readings/11%20baudelaire%20photography.htm
Life of a flâneur
A project of a year's photography (2022) in my home city of Bruges
WATCH AT: https://vimeopro.com/didiereeckhout/life-of-a-flaneur
A wonderful piece of writing (again) Harry. Like you, I consider myself a flâneur as I wander around our cities with a camera in hand (but less gracefully than Henri Cartier-Bresson). I have recently come across derivé (or drifting). Have you heard of it? Coincidentally it will be in tomorrow's Jotter...