Since introduction of the Kodak Brownie camera in 1900, people have used photography to document their lives, to create memories. I never quite embraced that. I don’t enjoy seeing myself in photographs but also on many occasions I preferred being in the moment rather than documenting it through a lens.
Recently, however, I attended an event that made me think.
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In short-bios I often mention that my work is inspired by the monochrome ink paintings of China and Japan. But there doesn’t seem to be much stylistic similarity between my photographs and these paintings. So people ask rightly what is this inspiration based upon and how does it show?