Published on 12, July, 2020
I notice that so many people photograph everything and catalogue thier lives and curate them via this medium. I don't take photographs even when I have a camera and I've not had one for over a decade and really dislike photo's of myself. Other people find my lack of photos strange, my lack of curation and cataloguing strange, whre as I find their need to do this strange. One of ther reasons I don't take photo's is I find it stops me being in the moment, it's an interuption to an experience I'll never have fully again, I'll have a visual reminder of an experience not fully experienced and lived. To me it seems to be living vicariously through images whilst being unmindful of the time and place and the feeling evoked.
I also wondered how people would cope if we had a big tech outage and photographing everything was no longer an option because we'd have to go back to 35ml film camera's and either have our own dark rooms to process them or send them off to be comercially processed?
I'm not massively keen on having my photo taken, but I do like taking photos when I am away on holiday, or visiting somewhere significant. I like to take photos that don;thave people in them. I find photos are great for sparking my memory and allowing me to relive the event in the picture - they can be quite evocative.I do like taking the occasional photo of my wife when we are visiting somewhere - especially candid ones that capture natural expressions as opposed to the "cheese" smile.
OAP - Older Autistic Person said:I like to take photos that don;thave people in them
Me too, I'd rather the outside, in all its beauty.