27. Eclectic and Eccentric
Just before I took this picture of Keith Carter holding a faceless religious statue head, I was reading a few handwritten quotes on the walls of his darkroom. “Try to make pictures that are wise rather than clever.” “Life for a photographer cannot be a matter of indifference.” This portrait is a small attempt to make some of those words come alive.
Canon 5DMii, 50mm lens, f/1.2
IN THE CURRENT global economy, mass production is king. Profit is defined by volume and how quickly something can be made. By using cookie-cutter and carbon-copy techniques, we’ve invented a cycle of production that feeds off the ability to replicate. ...
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