If you haven't ever visited Tampere Finland, and seen this building, you can not know what is around this view. You can't know how tall the building is, if it continues far to the left or right, or what is below. But you can use your imagination!
So, the picture is like a fictional book. With everything you have experienced before, you can complete the story. Fill in the empty spaces not told. Build the rest with your dreams and nightmares. See the chimneys that reach the sky. Smell the smoke and hear the sounds of machines.
Very nice post and story. So very true. Many different stories can grow here.
ReplyDeleteFor me the square and rectangle images have always been a challenge ;-) The edge seem to ask: "But what is beyond?" =D
DeleteSeen on Sunday, commented on Tuesday... sorry, but I won't write any comments on my cellphone!
ReplyDeleteLove this idea of exclusion, and to let someone complete the story, almost like making it it's own.
Instead of exclusion I call it making choices: we choose what will be in the photo, therefore excluding all the rest. It makes sense, it's the same idea.
A good photography will always make you wonder what was done, what was said. Let the imagination fly.
Good post, Sami.
Yes, somewhat similar thing: to select what comes into the picture, and what is left out. The safe option is to shoot separate items and surround them with space. But more challenging the composition comes when objects become cut, even brutally, and rest it left for the imagination =)
DeleteI totally agree!
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