Dear Helle and Everyone,
You have expressed something I feel is profoundly important to me but that I hadn't previously
been articulating. As a photographer, there is an embodying of the who, what and where I am
within the video and stills that I choose to share. That 'embodiedness' is perhaps more deeply
reflected in photography for me than in writing. I think visually, I move images around in mind
rather than words, which is maybe bizarre given that my background is as a languages teacher.
Perhaps it's also to do with an excitement in communication through whatever medium presents.
As I play with potential in v-mail, for example, I'm exploring 'video-in text' & 'video-in-speech'.
I agree wholeheartedly with you about the process of writing about the video clip one has chosen
opening up an opportunity to verbalise for one's self and others' a rationale and cultural context.
When I watch someone else's video, I need that photographer to 'come to meet me' as it were, by
giving me clues about their motivation though I also feel that some photographs and video can
speak without text. I'm thinking of http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4517597.stm
I recall seeing the photo of the girl with no explanation in written but a spoken 'This was Vietnam'
Warm regards,
Sarah
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