Conceptual Photography
In between events, I am taking an on-line class in ‘Conceptual Photography’. The thought behind conceptual photography is to express an idea or emotion in an image through the use of common objects that are not normally associated with the particular idea. This approach causes one to stretch the mental muscle a little bit more to relate an emotion through household objects, such as a fork in the case of the image, on which I am working.
The concept behind the solitary fork, bent by a force that could be old age, heavy burden or unending journey, is that the day becomes long, but the lonely travail is not over yet. I remember seeing a charcoal sketch by Piet Mondriaan in the Gemeentemuseum in the Hague, which portrayed trees bent over by the wind and feeling a similar emotion of the lonely traveler in an unending landscape.
Over the next couple of weeks, I will be experimenting with this idea and different methods of photographing this lonely fork. As I get results that I like, I will post updates.
