Unadorned Perspective
When photo-shooting becomes part of our daily life,we are surrounded by the photos from all over the world.Someone asked me once what we should shoot and what kind of photo is worth shooting?
In fact,it's so easy to answer this question.We just need to look at the previous photos.What slows you down and makes you smile?What makes you think for a moment or fall into a trance?For example,the photo work shot by Vivian Maier,an American photographer,is very peaceful and unadorned.But it will bring you into the image and make you comfortable and warm.So all the photos become classic.
Scattered and flatulent images may catch the eyes for a while,but they cannot stand the test of time.Only those things that emphasize self-mind and convey emotions and fates can strike a chord with people.Photographers should put down the fickleness of mind that becoming well-known by just one shoot,instead,concentrating on the common daily life about people,and trying to observe and experience the changing things——the street view of each era,the objects about to disappear,the change of thoughts or behavior of people and so on.After that,they will shoot from natural and unadorned perspective.
“The daily”is a series of snapshots and is consistant of photos taken the casual daily life in the street.It's not hunting for novelty or eye-catching but recording the details in the street,each ordinary faces and every person who works on the same street everyday.There are passers-by,townsmen and vulnerable groups in the series.I tried to associate them together to express some meanings from the life statuses and photos consciously.I hope all the photos can connect with deeper accumulation.They are not only reflecting the most real social formation,but also the inner emotional experience of oneself.After all,the photos which can reflect the humans'emotion and fates are the most valuable.Although they are ordinary,they always strike a chord with people.
It seems that one picture just records emotion and experience of a few individual,but when it spreads,personal feelings and memories will become public.If a large number of people have the same feeling,that means the picture has a historical meaning.