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By David Ohl on October 21, 2009

I’ve been working on a project lately that has been an attempt to allow myself to shoot in an exploratory and observational fashion. To allow myself to wander and photograph things as they catch my attention as this is far from the way that i have typically found myself working. Some people may find this to be a freeing and rewarding way to shoot however for me the uncertainty of shooting this way and not having a direction is somewhat terrifying. I’ve found that the images have definitely taken on certain themes as a result of my attempt to find a direction. However I am conflicted about what i want them to say and I’m afraid the themes that they are taking on will lead down a dead end road. Maybe I won’t find out till i get there and have to turn around, or maybe there will be rabbit trails along the way that will take me somewhere new.

treegrowth

dishes

lift2

bush

steamytreewall

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  • http://mikefuchs.net mike F

    you should check out terry falkes observations in an occupied wilderness.

    as for content and direction. in order to understand the content you need to do exactly what your doing which is investigating. making a pre-emptive judgement about a subject can be the dead end road. you can go anywhere keeping your mind open.

  • http://mikefuchs.net mike F

    you should check out terry falkes observations in an occupied wilderness.

    as for content and direction. in order to understand the content you need to do exactly what your doing which is investigating. making a pre-emptive judgement about a subject can be the dead end road. you can go anywhere keeping your mind open.

  • Nathanael Turner

    I really like seeing the satellite dishes on the screen. I want to see that one printed big soon. I think seeing these as small prints does them a big disservice. There is a lot of good detail.

  • Nathanael Turner

    I really like seeing the satellite dishes on the screen. I want to see that one printed big soon. I think seeing these as small prints does them a big disservice. There is a lot of good detail.

  • http://www.Timoyer.com Timoyer

    Some good work here Dave.
    I like how you’re delving into exploratory photojournalism work. Keep exploring and trying new stuff.

  • http://www.Timoyer.com Timoyer

    Some good work here Dave.
    I like how you’re delving into exploratory photojournalism work. Keep exploring and trying new stuff.

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