As an artist I have always felt that my task is not to create meaning but to charge the air so that meaning can occur.
I believe you can use photographs to meditate on and work through things in your life.
I photograph like a documentarian, but I print like a painter
To me it is no mystery that we can only photograph effectively what we are truly interested in or-maybe more importantly-are grappling with. Often unconsciously. Otherwise the photographs are merely about an idea or a concept-that stuff eventually falls flat for me-there must be something more, some emotional hook for it to really work for me.
I have learned to consciously avoid letting that thought, It's been done, enter my creative process. You have to try not to edit yourself before you actually shoot.
If you get one photograph that's good from a trip, that's plenty.
