MARK COHEN ME
Inspired by Marc Cohen's photography and guided by his 13 rules of photography I took a set of experimental photography over the holidays.
His way of surprising the objects of his works is probably the most inspiring thing about him. He had the courage and braveness to shoot strangers without permission. Obviously, it became really difficult to copy this since we live in a digital era and pictures can virally be spread within seconds. People are well-aware of their rights and privacy. Still, I need to leave my comfort zone and at least start shooting strangers.
In order to give up control of the outcome and the visual aspect that might also distract from the subject, I used a disposable camera. Usually, I shoot on film but even on film, you can influence your image. It almost feels like shooting on film makes me lazy. The images automatically look "cool", I care less about what I'm photographing instead of the colour of the film. Something I initially wanted to eliminate by using analogue instead of digital photography.
For street photography film is definitely the best medium, it gives the image a really raw look and turns it into something extraordinary. Using my phone camera is the easiest but the image gets lost in my feed and that's why I will still use film. But street photography is not the only thing in my brief, my customer is interested and intrigued by daily routines and life all over the world.
So I will keep on including street photography in my work and hopefully get some of Cohen's spirit and courage.
His way of surprising the objects of his works is probably the most inspiring thing about him. He had the courage and braveness to shoot strangers without permission. Obviously, it became really difficult to copy this since we live in a digital era and pictures can virally be spread within seconds. People are well-aware of their rights and privacy. Still, I need to leave my comfort zone and at least start shooting strangers.
In order to give up control of the outcome and the visual aspect that might also distract from the subject, I used a disposable camera. Usually, I shoot on film but even on film, you can influence your image. It almost feels like shooting on film makes me lazy. The images automatically look "cool", I care less about what I'm photographing instead of the colour of the film. Something I initially wanted to eliminate by using analogue instead of digital photography.
For street photography film is definitely the best medium, it gives the image a really raw look and turns it into something extraordinary. Using my phone camera is the easiest but the image gets lost in my feed and that's why I will still use film. But street photography is not the only thing in my brief, my customer is interested and intrigued by daily routines and life all over the world.
So I will keep on including street photography in my work and hopefully get some of Cohen's spirit and courage.
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