I am driven to click the shutter not out of some recognition of an idea in objective form, but from a gesture, movement, or a sense of visual rhythm. Photographs have narrative potential but do not offer narrative closure. Just resources that enable possible interpretations. The viewer is not compelled to find anything there.
Monday, February 23, 2026
Photography and Narrative
Newpost on my substack blog, What is the narrative potential of a photograph?. A quote from the post:
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