My World: On a street..

[fahim mohammed]

Which lens for street photography? Question I have read asked on many forums.

Does it matter? Does a specific brand of camera matter?

I do not know the answer. But this was captured with my Sony RX 100.

What do you think matters?

 

[Asher Kelman]

Which lens for street photography? Question I have read asked on many forums.

Does it matter? Does a specific brand of camera matter?

I do not know the answer. But this was captured with my Sony RX 100.

What do you think matters?

Well, Fahim,

I wouldn't worry so much about the lens but rather the "fictive" versus "factive" nature of what we're seeing. By not giving any explanation we see this a disadvantaged child with little future for happiness. Or is this a child from a perfectly happy family who's just mad that his mother too away the stick he was using to hit the goat? I do not accept the idea that poverty is equal to misery. It all depends on what resources are there and the what the people need for basic life and their expectations. Still, for anyone with much more, this is a painful sight.

Now show us a picture in such a place with happy children at play whacking a tire with a stick to make it roll along the dusty road. Do we have the same take of this same village?

Asher

 

[fahim mohammed]

Well, Fahim,

I wouldn't worry so much about the lens but rather the "fictive" versus "factive" nature of what we're seeing. By not giving any explanation we see this a disadvantaged child with little future for happiness. Or is this a child from a perfectly happy family who's just mad that his mother too away the stick he was using to hit the goat? I do not accept the idea that poverty is equal to misery. It all depends on what resources are there and the what the people need for basic life and their expectations. Still, for anyone with much more, this is a painful sight.

Now show us a picture in such a place with happy children at play whacking a tire with a stick to make it roll along the dusty road. Do we have the same take of this same village?

Asher

Fictive is what you make of it. Factive is what the camera captures ( within the bounds of its firmware and software processing ).The image you see is what I would like you to see, without altering the subject or its juxtaposition with its surrounds in any material way. The pp is done, by me, not to gain anyone's sympathy...but to closely approximate what I might have experienced at that moment. And try to share that feeling with others..if I am successful.

Else it is just a snapshot...you can do that in L.A., too. I know, I have been there.

p.s. " Now show us a picture in such a place with happy children at play "...I am sure you can find that right in your city....no need for me to show that in this post.

 

[fahim mohammed]

Inside a side street

Where are you from?, she asked.

The States, I said without missing a beat.

She looked around..and burst out laughing. No, really. Where are you from?

Let's discuss my origins over lunch, I offered.

Lunch?, a question. I sleep early, I replied.

Afterwards we can roll tires on the street with a stick!

Why? An unspoken question.

We do it in the States, I said. As we headed for lunch. Makes us feel contended. We can then sleep easy.

Are you a photographer?. Her eyes met mine.

No, I said. Just a traveler.