The Street Photographer Agenda Episode 37
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My photography is not easy to understand. Or rather, it's not that kind of photography that easily manages to be appreciated by the masses.
This is because, at least I explained it to myself in this way, I go quite off the rails, from the canon with respect to the dimension to which my photography can be approached.
I am writing these reflections on the sidelines of a discussion I had with a photographer I recently had as a guest at my house who greatly appreciates my work (I would dare to call him a fan) and who in any case made more or less the same considerations.
Both in portrait photography and in street photography, my research leads me to distance myself from the usual beaten and occupied territory. In particular my projects, although very popular, are not something for everyone.
I would like to cite three examples:
REALITY REMADE was an attempt to propose a different dimension of street photography, using flash and intentional camera movement to create ghosts and thus offer a reflection on the volatility of life. A theme that of death that very few combine with street photography which is always seen as a carefree genre.
MEXICANA went against. Against certain dynamics of selection of girls and against the commonly accepted concept of beauty for a certain type of photography, but also against certain excessively glossy aesthetics.
With AMERICANA, I tackled the American urban landscape by leveraging something that bothers me: the widespread idea that when we talk about America, we refer only to the USA.
All three of these projects have found favor with many people (demonstrated by sales) but, in any case, many other people find it difficult to get into these proposals.
I don't wink and I don't work in a way that makes it easier for me, on the contrary, my approach is probably always dominated by an outsider dimension that I want to evoke. By now I have accepted the fact that I will never be a mainstream photographer. My idea of the beauty of the world is quite dissociated from what the masses usually have. My choices lead me to walk rough paths, but they are my paths. My way remains mine. And in the end I'm fine with it.
What I am now? What I am photographing and what are my goals? Are there goals or not? Do I need goals to do what I do or I am just enjoying the freedom to do it? Do I need to like or i am just doing what I like? I am privileged because not everyone can do it. Even if they are free they are not for their mental scheme.
Today my experience projects me into a "Japanese approach" where I don't give a shit about appearing or working for someone. I do my thing, I work for myself and the art I think I make. Guys, this is the selection of the photos for this new episode:
