Saturday, February 10, 2007

The Art of Walking



Well its the oldest form of transportation known to man. 2 or 3 years ago I took a bunch of photographs off people walking set against these blank walls which were the facades to buildings under renovation in downtown San Francisco. Actually, they were primarily against one wall which seemed to be there for ever, and might still be. There's a gallery on my site full of these photos: hey, where these people goin?. I guess I got interested in this silly idea since it was kind of an outdoor natural light studio. I'd pretend I'd be photographing the building, and then lower my camera, and snap, usually without looking through the viewfinder. Most were blank and white. I probably have enough prints for a show. Never, really felt they were worthy of approaching a gallery with. I'd love to hear what you think. Here are a couple color ones. The first I think is kind of humorous, the lost tourists, if you will. The second is recent, and deviates from the earlier ones. I recently found that the buildings around certain intersections, allow what is essentially a spot light on the pedestrians below at certain periods in the afternoon. I was kind of tired of the people walking thing, but perhaps this creates a new spin. Someone once told me, if you have an idea, work on it to the extreme. Guess there might be some truth to that. If I should stop, let me know.