I do a fair amount of reading and it seems that most artists have a lot to say... even if it sometimes comes out sounding more like chatter than music. Commas are good.
Might you consider phrasing your submission as a series of questions?
There ya go!
"Why do I do what I do? Do I even care? Do you? Is it even relevant to your appreciation of (or disapproval of) my work? Should I make up a childhood trauma to seem more "real"? Perhaps I should get all technical and talk about f/stops and 2nd-curtain flash and dragging the shutter?" Etc Etc :-)
shooting is one thing you do. how do the other things you do (or experience) affect how you shoot...?
i.e. do any of those other things either inform your shooting or inspire a rebelliousness?
provide examples. stories if possible. do not avoid embellishments. drop a crumb or two.
shooting is one thing you do. how do the other things you do (or experience) affect how you shoot...?
i.e. do any of those other things either inform your shooting or inspire a rebelliousness?
provide examples. stories if possible. do not avoid embellishments. drop a crumb or two.
Thanks, c. Those are good thinking exercises. I'm thinking maybe a short anecdote from my experiences shooting on the street. And building from there. Or not.
I have this thing where with the 300 words required. I start off not being able to find enough words, but as I start writing it gets to the point of ballooning to 800.
Just start writing whatever comes to mind, don't stop for grammar or anything that makes you think it's stupid to write this. Just go and don't stop. Get enough material and then start to edit it.
Some questions.
Why do you shoot(though try not to use this word in the statement)? Try to limit the I's (I this, I that,etc).
Explain your approach to people and how you pick who to shoot and why. This may be much more difficult than it sounds but I have a feeling there's a story in there.
Hello. I like to shoot people. Also animals. In Spanish.
Yes, I like where this is going...
Hello. I like to shoot people. Also animals. In Spanish. I can't speak Spanish, though, so most of what happens when I'm shooting is incomprehensible to me.
Hello. I like to shoot people. Also animals. In Spanish. I can't speak Spanish, though, so most of what happens when I'm shooting is incomprehensible to me.
This just gets better and better. I'm only sorry I didn't come with it.
Hello. I like to shoot people. Also animals. In Spanish. I can't speak Spanish, though, so most of what happens when I'm shooting is incomprehensible to me.
This just gets better and better. I'm only sorry I didn't come with it.
Hello. I like to shoot people. Also animals. In Spanish. I can't speak Spanish, though, so most of what happens when I'm shooting is incomprehensible to me.
My lack of verbal skills in the Spanish language began in early childhood, at the same time my grandmother gave me a little camera for my birthday. She died shortly afterward & in my young mind death, Spanish, & photography became forever linked.
Hello. I like to shoot people. Also animals. In Spanish. I can't speak Spanish, though, so most of what happens when I'm shooting is incomprehensible to me.
This just gets better and better. I'm only sorry I didn't come with it.
Hello. I like to shoot people. Also animals. In Spanish. I can't speak Spanish, though, so most of what happens when I'm shooting is incomprehensible to me.
My lack of verbal skills in the Spanish language began in early childhood, at the same time my grandmother gave me a little camera for my birthday. She died shortly afterward & in my young mind death, Spanish, & photography became forever linked.
Alright, we need to get together for a drink. I'm thinking margaritas.
Hello. I like to shoot people. Also animals. In Spanish. I can't speak Spanish, though, so most of what happens when I'm shooting is incomprehensible to me.
This just gets better and better. I'm only sorry I didn't come with it.
Hello. I like to shoot people. Also animals. In Spanish. I can't speak Spanish, though, so most of what happens when I'm shooting is incomprehensible to me.
My lack of verbal skills in the Spanish language began in early childhood, at the same time my grandmother gave me a little camera for my birthday. She died shortly afterward & in my young mind death, Spanish, & photography became forever linked.
Alright, we need to get together for a drink. I'm thinking margaritas.
hehehe one margarita is good, Two margaritas, shared with a friend, is better. I'm glad you don't mind the liberties I'm taking with your past.
Hello. I like to shoot people. Also animals. In Spanish. I can't speak Spanish, though, so most of what happens when I'm shooting is incomprehensible to me.
My lack of verbal skills in the Spanish language began in early childhood, at the same time my grandmother gave me a little camera for my birthday. She died shortly afterward & in my young mind death, Spanish, & photography became forever linked.
In my high school years, my parents let me set up a small darkroom in the laundry room. A large cabinet had to be cleaned out first, & in the back of this cabinet was an old, unopened bottle of tequila wrapped on Christmas paper. This was a mystery, as neither of my parents drank.
