It’s a strict no no for a criminal to go back to the scene of the crime. But for a photographer it’s often very revealing to have a couple of goes at configuring the reality of a situation. Since every millimetre of movement creates a new view, it’s worth exploring whether there is a thing in itself, an unchanging essence to an object, to a face, to a person, or if the perspective does change things dramatically.
Above are three pass-bys I did today on a woman begging at a bus stop. I went by twice, on the second pass I got two photos from just above chest height. I don’t want you to get the wrong idea, rarely do you get all pictures in a series all in focus like this, I’m shooting a fixed manual focus (of around 0.5 meters) and one or two will be blurry because I’m too close, or too far away. Also, only 1 out of 10 subjects will get the royal multiple shots treatment. An interesting question is if you had to print one, which one would you print? I’d probably go three.
Posted 2 years ago
