Pondering a Project
03 Mar 09 by jeff
I’ve long wanted to do a calendar. For a long time, there wasn’t much chance of that, given that I didn’t have photos that seemed adequate or appropriate. But lately. I’ve begun to think of it as something within reach. I have a thousand, or so, photos under my belt, and a few that make me proud. And I’ve reached the point where I think I might be able to count on an excellent photo on a fairly regular schedule. I might be able to pull this off.
My other decisions will have to be about context and content. Shall I take on the slightly less impossible task of putting together a seiries on Des Moines? It’s all around me, and always available for a re-shoot. Probably a responsive market, as well. I’m just not sure I’ve got an Iowan style.
Or should I tell a story about my own perceptions? How an Autistic - at least this Autistic - looks at the world? Is that too arrogant? Trying to represent the Autistic Artist? Isn’t that what every artist does? Tells a story about himself through his version of the world around him? I want to give others a chance to understand that there are differences, and that they are valuable and significant differences. That it’s just as important to see the world through an Autistic eye as to see it through the eyes of any other social minority.
What perspective do I want to represent? The citizen of the Midwest? Or the “foreigner”?
Personally I would find a calendar about how you perceive the world totally fascinating.. put my name down for one please!