A question of talent …

November 28, 2007

A very interesting post at A Photo Editor about talent and photography.

Sometimes photographers take an “I could have done that” attitude when it comes to talent in this industry, but honestly, you can’t.- A Photo Editor

How many times have you told yourself “I could have done that” when seeing pictures from others photographers?

There is a difference between thinking and doing; the last is the ultimate proof that "you could have done that". Never mind that when you saw the image it was done already ... by someone else ... but could you have created the image before seeing it?

There is something else to photography than being able to take the picture, it is about the creation of the image, the visualization. So next time it is better to say "I could have created that" ... or perhaps you couldn't.

How many photographers are required to change a light bulb?

50 photographers ... one that actually changes the light bulb and 49 others that say they could have done that!

Next time go and change the bulb yourself.

Miguel Garcia-Guzman

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Luisa Lambri: solitary interiors

November 28, 2007

©Luisa Lambri

Italian photographer Luisa Lambri takes photographs of modernist building interiors devoid of people. Her work is a perception of geometry with subtle colors, many images appearing dominated by sober tones of grey, white and black. Unfortunately she does not have a website showing her own work. Rather, few of her images can be seen in various websites of galleries and art sites (artnet, Studio Guenzani, Menil House, photoarts) . Given the quality of her work, browsing through the sites is time that is worthwhile to spare. It is certainly disappointing, that only few images are posted on the web.

"I depict places as if they were inhabitable, revealing their intimate and emotional dimension … I see architecture as autobiography, the places photographed as self-portraits. I'm not interested in documenting the architectural qualities of a building … the architectural qualities are present as an open and unsolved question, a way to introduce a fictional narrative. I take photographs in a rather traditional way … but their visual quality is somehow evocative of the electronic age. The immaterial state of the light and its perception may recall the electronically generated space, an architecture based on relationships between abstract elements. - Luisa Lambri