Flying/Machine

Linus Gelber

A seagull at the South Street Seaport concludes that the camera is not food.

On a meta level, if I may: as I work this shot I'm thinking about the way we use our cameras to capture images of things we want, or love, or wish for - in this case, freedom and flight, the elusive state of nature. (I'm assuming here that we don't actually want to be seagulls. I know I don't.)

Adding a texture frame in processing binds the image to the machine, to my eye. To the technology. Makes it more a photographic image, and less a moment on a beautiful autumn afternoon. So: a machine that doesn't fly makes dreams of flying. This appeals to me.

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