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06-JUN-2005

Back To The Future (At The Edge), Shanghai 2007

Ah yes, to be at the edge, edge of reality and fantasy, truth and lie, art and documentary. I don't know where I am going, maybe it's backwards, maybe I am actually standing still and everyone else is moving on. I do know that where I was going was becoming narrow, a kind cul-de-sac, dead end. Being at the end is a bad feeling, an anti-climax of all that effort. Why does it always have to be real? Expression is freedom of will, of choice. Form needs to follow content, but maybe form itself can BE the content, I don't know. I stood in front of the work of Xuan Min Jin, and I was awe struck, so much of it was not real...even street scenes made of composites, and I realised, it doesn't have to be real, and it doesn't have to be photography, it just has to feel good. Don't all get me wrong, I love the streets, that will never go away, but once in a while, I can stop, I can look back in to the future, not turn my back on it....style...my style...my choice...I choose at the edge. K

This is the opening image of a gallery dedicated to finding the way out.

Canon EOS 20D
1/30s f/4.0 at 17.0mm iso3200 full exif

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JSWaters22-Jan-2007 18:03
The edge is it, Kal. All of us who strive for expression need to push to the edge - it's where expansion and freedom lie. Not a way out, but a path to what feels right (good).
Jenene
Guest 16-Jan-2007 21:35
This, my friend, is what you can genuinly call 'transition'.
You are good, and you can only get better, not worse. Experiments drive change, change drives creativity, creativity in its purest form becomes art. I have faith in your future as an artist.
Adalberto Tiburzi16-Jan-2007 06:55
PS (in the double sense of Post-scriptum and Photoshop...):
"That Toxic Sky speaks volumes".
A
Guest 16-Jan-2007 03:26
Yes,very interesting caption,Kal.
I'll be patiently waiting for your next stop.
Craig Persel16-Jan-2007 00:03
I'm with ya 100%. :-)
Adalberto Tiburzi15-Jan-2007 18:35
Slow down, even stop, and change interests.
At a certain moment your Id will whisper. Listen to its voice.
Like in this case, where that lovely pink reminds me of a certain polluted lake
near Alexandia in Egypt, where a dear friend of mine grew up ;-)
Adal
Guest 15-Jan-2007 18:14
that's a common process nowadays on pbase...
You have my support.
Robbie D7015-Jan-2007 17:27
Well done Kal , just feel good with your photography. I will look out for your work.
Guest 15-Jan-2007 16:45
Fascinating commentary. Will be watching closely.
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