In his poem ” What we lost” he writes among all that we lost- “how to enter a temple or a forest”.
No conversation on Photography can continue for too long without a mention of Michael Ondaatje, the master of editing. It completely alters your experience of the space. It was Naoya Hatakeyama who taught me the significance of walking backwards, of walking into a situation and then walking away from it. Moving up and down and to the side, walking into and walking away, before I decide on the frame. I like using my Hasselblad because I can use it at waist level/navel level, so already I have a different vantage point than what I am used to seeing, it allows the place to surprise me and then I literally do a dance with it. Photographers please learn to get down on your knees and you will see, its a different world from there.I was always envious of my colleagues who were close to 6 feet, I could never see as they did, let alone navigate the crowds, until I started to realise that my 5 feet vantage point was my stength and then when the Hasselblad entered my life, the vantage point became even lower. Each movement affects the aesthetic of your frame. Each shift changes the balance between background and foreground. Why is it so difficult to move with the camera, a deep breath and your vantage point already shifts, imagine if you could learn to dance around your subject, the range of images that would emerge, many that would completely surprise you and me. If photography is about your point of view, literally, then how can everyone photograph from within a space of 30cm ( Camera in front of eyes or there about). My course in Photography, would be called Dancing with the Hasselblad.
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