Ever since Kodak brought their You push the button, we do the rest- camera to the market back in 1888, making photos has become increasingly easy and inexpensive. Photography has become a mostly digital activity, the distribution can therefore also be digital and servers can easily facilitate the sheer volume of photos made every day, thus making them accessible worldwide. Millions of people are being able to make photos of whatever they see and share it with the online world. Being active as a photographer since the still analogue Nineties, I started wondering how a photographer can make a difference in this era of photo storm, and- less egocentric- I started wondering how a photo can still make a difference.
This is a series of small essays on the importance of photos, how to be a photographer and how we can find value in what we can see. Also these essays- or rather sketches- give a theoretical outline to my photos and of what I aim for as a photographer, giving my photography a somewhat more personal motivation and content. No content no show...