Jack Radcliffe - Alison
Photography to me is an innate thing, the connectivity of an emotion through a still visual in relations to a photographer, the object and the viewer... sometimes it's a wonder why some photographers discuss more about equipment, the lenses, the tripods, the everything, rather than the art of it itself. I guess to a certain level the equipment substantiates the beauty of a shot, but then again, how much of it should be deemed than the emotional basis of it. Which brings me to another question; how credible is this connection between photographer and object and viewer? Labels: photography
Can we take pictures of objects in an environment we've not explored or known about? How can the connectivity between an object and lens happen if there is no sense of familiarity? The photo series below, titled 'Alison' is by Jack Radcliffe; a photographer who meticulously documented his daughter's growth and development from a child to woman. He captures her life in moments of maturing, rebellion, in her most authentic being. That's something pretty tough to accomplish as a father; being photographers we all know that the art is to capture life at its very essence, while not intervening to mar the imagery with our own fingerprints. Something like being wary bystanders. Imagine how that must feel to be a father watching a daughter's life process without tangibly reacting or hiding any of it from the viewer. That creates something interesting in the relations between all three - viewer, photographer and subject. A series worth the time to absorb and look.
http://www.behance.net/gallery/Alison/49837?=gallery