BY BERT STEPHANI
Yesterday was my deadline for a new KAGE story. Yesterday was also World Photography Day. In the two weeks leading up to yesterday I was aware of both facts and determined to shoot a great story. So I took a blank (virtual) page and grabbed a(n Apple) pencil and ... nothing happened.
Usually the hard part of starting a new story is just to write those first few keywords down. But once that’s done, the rest flows into a finished story pretty easily. It still can be hard work, but it isn’t difficult, not really. It’s just a matter of forcing myself to get going and then do the work.
But this time, the story just wouldn’t come and believe me, I tried. I had some ideas, but they all seemed artificial and forced. So I just kept a camera close and shot whatever caught my eye.
For a moment I thought about investigating which story was hidden in the random images:
The dark tones reflect the cloud that hangs above us in these trying times. The obscured self portraits are a sign of insecurity and the clouds symbolise the fear of change. However I clearly look for light, light at the end of the tunnel. Not everything is lost, after all, the compositions express a desire for order and new structure ...
Bullshit of course. These are just images ... or is there more?