For those of you who consider yourself photography connoisseurs (I, unfortunately am only an enthusiast) I saw Fred Herzog speak and he was quite inspiring.
One of the things that I thought was most inspiring was his insistence on "just taking photos of the people and places around you." He said that everyone can take a photo of a landscape or a mountain, which is most likely not going anywhere. However, people, culture, and our surrounding environment is always changing therefore we should be taking more of these "culturally significant" photos in order to persevere our culture.
Herzog noted that there is no point in keeping slides forever, the picture is trapped. You must print photos in order for them to live forever. He also said that the one thing that really bugged him about digital photography was the ability to delete a photo before you save it. People can take 5 pictures of a tree, delete 4 of them and not have the ability to see the details of those deleted photos because of our impulsivity.
I pass this advice given on to you; take photos of your street, the weirdos that walk down it everyday and then print out those pictures. Take photos of everything around you and allow yourself to admire the details captured in those photos.
Here is a link to a Fred Herzog photo gallery if you are interested in what I just said. Probably not, but I don't care.
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