Early on, say ten years old or so, I was enamored of the process that
allowed one to record a scene on film and paper. I found it amazing and
fascinating. In later years, I wanted to illustrate magazine articles
I was writing, so I became somewhat serious about my photography. Much
later, ten years ago or so, my juvenile fascination was rekindled, and
I began to practice the craft for its own sake rather than as an
adjunct to journalism.
Paul
On Jul 24, 2005, at 1:31 PM, Malcolm Smith wrote:
Bob W wrote:
What photographs and photographers were your first inspiration?
A school project at a very early age that gave me an excuse to ask for
a
camera I suspect; then the realisation I could capture places and
moments
outside and bring them indoors to keep. My father took very good
natural
pictures of people - essentially family and friends for decades - and
had
the ability for them to appear as if they were never aware of a camera
recording the scene. This gave me an idea of photography although my
interest has always been towards landscape and images of buildings and
places over time. Although this will sound rather odd, my main
interest is
why my father one day put his camera away as usual and never took it
out and
used it again. As I get older, I think I'm beginning to understand why.
Malcolm
