Inspiration
All images from Jason's book "Isle of 100,000 Graves"
Work: Sketch work for "Oh, great. You again."
Reading Response: Nan Goldin
Nan Goldin is a bit of an anomaly for me. I actually respect her work, ideologically. I'm really not a photography guy, and I'm not really interested in the cool "punk rock transient artist kid" scene. But her work doesn't pretend to be anything referential to the culture she's chosen to be a part of. It's just documentary. Literally anyone could do what she's doing. It's the art of life, captured over time. And I think that's respectable. Especially since she makes a point to not talk during the exhibitions.
I think this does bring up a good question of "What makes a photo-worthy moment?" Sure, her friends poop and do drugs and that's controversial imagery and when they get married and die it's sort of controversial too because alternative lifestyle people do normal things?!?!?! And yet, what about eating a sandwich? What about sitting and just thinking? Just because her friends let her take photos at what are culturally taboo moments, doesn't make those moments more representative of a life than culturally acceptable ones. Just a thought.
Work: Sketch work for "Oh, great. You again."
Reading Response: Nan Goldin
Nan Goldin is a bit of an anomaly for me. I actually respect her work, ideologically. I'm really not a photography guy, and I'm not really interested in the cool "punk rock transient artist kid" scene. But her work doesn't pretend to be anything referential to the culture she's chosen to be a part of. It's just documentary. Literally anyone could do what she's doing. It's the art of life, captured over time. And I think that's respectable. Especially since she makes a point to not talk during the exhibitions.
I think this does bring up a good question of "What makes a photo-worthy moment?" Sure, her friends poop and do drugs and that's controversial imagery and when they get married and die it's sort of controversial too because alternative lifestyle people do normal things?!?!?! And yet, what about eating a sandwich? What about sitting and just thinking? Just because her friends let her take photos at what are culturally taboo moments, doesn't make those moments more representative of a life than culturally acceptable ones. Just a thought.
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