Self Portrait

Self Portrait

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

WHY DID I PICK THE TITLE 'SUSAN THROUGH THE VIEWFINDER' FOR MY BLOG?

Maybe it's the writer in me, but titles shouldn't be a random string of words. A title must mean something to both the writer and the reader.

'Susan through the Viewfinder' has the following meanings to me. 
  • It references my photography work. A viewfinder is the device on a camera that shows the field of view of the lens. It is used by the photographer to frame and focus the shot. 
  • It is a play on words on the title of the sequel to Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The title of the sequel is Through the Looking Glass. 
  • Photographers with far more experience would probably argue the point with me, but isn't photography all about the capture of reflected light at any given moment? Which brings me back to Alice. In Through the Looking Glass, Alice ponders what the world is like on the other side of the mirror hanging over the fireplace. She discovers that she can pass through the mirror to another world. The world she enters turns out to be a reflected version of her own.
  • Photography is a captured moment. It is a reflection of the world around us.

The photograph below is a first attempt at capturing light trails. 

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