moving forward with the times
something that has been on my mind lately is how technology is rapidly changing. as someone who is an artist, this has never really scared me- until now.
I’ve been comfortable with the beautiful technology I was given in my youth. at one time; that was the cutting edge and newest technology that outdated previous photography. and now, I’m watching as photography- how we consume art- is changing.
and I have to tell myself to get with the times. at the end of the day, it’s up to us to not get attached when we work with time sensitive media. or even having to constantly, every couple of years- upgrade. and I want to tell myself that: “it’s the experience of photography-” BUT
in the world we live in now, that’s not how people consume media or content anymore. the values have shifted, because everything is accessible.
wine refines after a couple of years, but being at the forefront of technology wasn’t hard when I was a kid first getting into professional photographt at a young age. I remember shooting on a disposable camera, and thinking: “this is what I want to do with the rest of my life.”
being an artist is beautifully rewarding, yet hard. we have to filter through the noise of artists making art for reasons that are not purely art motivated. and at this decade: we are told, that this is the culture, the way things are now.
you either adapt, and make the world into what you want to see: or you complain. I’d like to choose pure art. I’d like to choose for the experience. I don’t want to sell out.
adjusting to a world where the spark that I felt: where it felt “pure” may just have been the toll of being an artist these years, and still keeping up with my integrity.
I’m an original image maker, and lately in this day and age: I don’t want to make art, when people are thinking of the result + what it’s going to get them. we’re in that day and age. but low-key, it’s always been like this in days and ages.
it takes a lot of discernment about art. I realize that I don’t make art to be of the world; I make art to show you the one the creator shows me.
