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Right now. That’s what sparked the imagination of photographers during the early days of the 35mm camera; you could, without a lot of fuss and preparation, seize hold of right now. You can’t stop time, but you can extract a two-dimensional segment of right now and preserve it. Once preserved, you can share it so that others can have some sense of that particular right now.
Of course, much of what’s happening right now isn’t terribly interesting. But sometimes a segment of right now is so chock full of odd, seemingly unrelated visual elements that the mind feels compelled to ask “What’s going on here…what the hell is going on?” The viewer is drawn in by the gravitational pull of that singular right now and held in temporary orbit around that moment.
Why does that kid look so intent while the woman resting her head on her hand is so unenthused? What is that strange reddish globe in front of the boy? Why are there so many different coffee containers? And that arm, that arm, what the hell is going on here, right now?
So we look…and we get no answers. And we look again…and get no answers. And we look once more…and still get no answers. But the answers aren’t important. What’s important is the looking. What’s important is right now.
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