Eyes and beyond
twitter.com/mourya:
I’m Stupid because I didn’t write this earlier.
I’m Stupid because I think I’m good at photography
I’m Stupid because I have friends who like and comment every picture I upload.
I’m Stupid because I took photography because I failed in Engineering.
I’m Stupid because I have a DSLR and thinking about latest and most expensive DSLR.
I’m Stupid because I upload pictures hoping I get good response .
I’m Stupid because I have a guy who commented my picture is not good.
I’m Stupid because I ask my Parents for lots of money to buy stuff that I don’t know how to use.
I’m Stupid because I plan to become best photographer over night.
I’m Stupid because I think everything the Internet says is true.
I’m Stupid because more so because everyone around me says I’m awesome at my skills
I’m Stupid because I think everything else I don’t find interesting is over rated.
I’m Stupid because I think some guy in another continent became successful and i’m just 2 steps away.
I’m Stupid because I won a photography competition
I’m Stupid because I teach photography
I’m Stupid because I believe all these fancy photographers are all photoshop masters .
I’m Stupid because I get jealous when I see another photographer has more likes than me .
I’m Stupid because a girl I like thinks another photographer is awesome.
I’m Stupid because I dream of becoming the best photographer in the world.
I’m Stupid because I became a fashion photographer shooting couple of my friends in good dresses.
I’m Stupid because I think I’m better because I started photography early.
I’m Stupid because I think I will become better photographer because I go to photography School.
I’m Stupid because I read this and think about a photographer to whom this applies.
(Source: mouryadandu.com)
Just while I was writing this note down , I happened to have an interesting discussion. It stuck me that most of us , when looking for rational criticism are more considered about the source of criticism instead of the reasoning behind the crit. How often do we get frustrated when we don’t get to hear what we don’t want to hear.
Thus contradicting the rationality in the first place , this is one of the most common problems I see in the east ( me not being an exception ) . It’s funny when you think about rationality in the discussion , and figure out the argument you were putting .
I also noticed the increase of people responding to a problem in system after a constructive criticism . First when we put our art in a public domain , it’s no longer in your control to personalize. So the argument we start complaining about the imperfections in the process of making art is so absurd . Neither anyone forced us nor begged us to put our work in the domain , so the rise of any problem in the making process lies with us .
On the other note , I happened to have a good discussion with a close friend about the art in India and what I found out . My point is that , the art making in India has a very less emotional response . The reason being stereotyped at what we percieve. Coming to the roots , I felt it’s because of our belief that the system is more than an individual , which is actually made out of these individuals. I wouldn’t talk about the honesty of art making , because its something which doesn’t matter for me at least .
Frankly , in my life time , there were very few times , I was spell bound by an artist . But that periodicity increased at my school . It’s amusing how people try to represent there experiences and still be able to have a major public response to something very personal .
We have produced great art in the past , no denying it at the same time we can’t stop noticing the quality of art and the influence behind that art being repetitive and non-unique.
Finally , it’s been a crazy semester so far . Can’t believe I’m trying to pull three shoots a week . I don’t wanna complain as I secretly enjoy these challenges.
Last week , for my assignment I had to do a comparison on different objects and find the similarities, I happened to choose women and moon.
- Both are Beautiful .
- They have inspired artists for centuries
- From far we don’t notice the black spots
- Both are imperfect .
- Both have periods .
- Both have beauty which is not permanent .
- Both of them excite werewolves .
- Both are expensive to own
- Both have started wars .
- Eclipse and women in Saudi
So Coming to last similarity , I feel that during an eclipse , we have another object shadowing the moon , often keeping it in dark , something I call sudo death.
The sudo death, most of the women face from the men shadowing their individuality.
This year has been amazing so far . After meeting and working with some incredible photographer , work flow has improved. It’s more about personalizing and conceptualizing each image . Often spending days to visualize and produce the image. Something which I didn’t understand over the last few years.
(Source: mouryadandu.com)
Bay bridge #sf #architecture #instagram #iphone4s #iphoneography (Taken with Instagram at Rincon Park)
Hawker #street #stranger #sanfrancisco #iphoneography #instagram #photooftheday #iphone4s #bw (Taken with instagram)
The great outdoor #sanfrancisco #architecture #iphoneography #instagram #photooftheday #iphone4s #webstagram #today #market (Taken with Instagram at Powell Muni Metro Station)
