Nihlism & photography

[Kirk Gittings]

Tim,
That is a very revealing clip. Thanks for that. The taking of images seems almost transcendent for him, whereas the developing, printing, doing shows, inteviews, selling etc. all seems like it is drudgery.

Interesting, for me the high point is experiencing the first good, really expresive print from a negative that really sings.

[Greg Miller]

Rather the ultimate reduction of Weston's "previsualization"... if you already you see the image finished in your mind, why bother even developing the film? I think most photographers are always photographing that way, seeing the world through a frame, perhaps in black and white, through this lens or that, if only in their minds. Other times we pursue the image to full physical fruition. Winogrand perhaps advanced to an area inbetween...

Why even bother exposing the film?

Everytime I am driving somewhere and am behind schedule, I inevitably see great images - if only I had time to stop and capture them. I can see them vividly in my mind. Somehow this just leaves me frustrated. I guess I'm no Winogrand...