''It's about the work. It's always about the work''
- Garry Winogrand
A change of voice. When he's taking photos, I'm telling him what hashtags to use. When he writes, I edit and reflect before he publishes. I am his son. A son not only to a photographer, but a creative spirit.
Sitting in front of our house. Cars Drive by. Loud, never deafening. Flickers of burning light. 2 cigarettes lit. Seconds pass.
''Fuji Cameras sdajfhsdkljf.... Garry Winogrand ewoldkfjds....''
Rhetoric I hear often. When I do, I am looking up from my phone and doing a lot of head nodding in agreement. At times, something compels me not to. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. True enough. Not without bruising. Two creatives. But we like the aspects of our creative fields cut from a different cloth. We inhale those two lit cigarettes. Debating begins.
We talk for minutes, other times, hours. My father speaks of Gary Winogrand, among other heroes. Street photography, philosophical concepts to his craft. We speak on the survival of a photographer in a climate where photos are common. Too common. Ideas, branding and marketing, the social media game. Dwelling on it all. But never pitching a tent.
The ember now flirts with the cigarette filter. The sun begins setting. He observes it. Grading it. Will it be good enough to photograph? I return to my phone screen. A thought in mind. Being the son of a photographer stays the same as a father who writes, and works as a mechanic to support himself and his kid. The difference though, is not only experiencing, but capturing. The shutter opens, closes and clicks.
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Captured
...More later
