me. you. us.

"Above all else, it is about leaving a mark that I existed.
I was here... I was hungry. I was defeated. I was happy. I was sad.
I had an idea and I had a good purpose,

and that is why I made works of art."
- Felix Gonzalez-Torres

Why do we take the photos we take?

Do you have a story to share? 

Comments

[Ana Eugenio]

beautiful picture :) I photograph to feel alive!

[Gabriele]

We had a death in the family this week. Today I was scouring my files to find his picture. I make photos to document the lives
http://backontheflooragain.blogspot.com/2012/02/if-life-were-game-to-win-then-some-of.html those I live with. Life is short for some.

[Sherralee]

For me, I make photographs as a way to every heighten my awareness and use what I have been given in this life...

http://flic.kr/p/bmSYmM

[kristin]

what a beautiful shot of you.
you shine and i love your smile... it is so good to see.

[Becs]

I take photos to pay attention to and celebrate my life - the large and the small - a mix of joy, gratitude, memory collecting and art making.
Fantastic image!

[Jennifée]

What amazing light! I take photos in order to create something that exists independently of myself, something that hopefully can touch people in the way that other people's creative endavours touch me.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jennifee/6791383955/

[Puna]

I do. Here's a very cute boy's senior portrait.

http://lifesignatures.org/wordpress/2012/02/february-7-steven/

[Zindzee]

I photograph to remind myself that I am part of something much bigger than my little corner of the universe.

[rakusribut]

in my daily snapshot blog i want to present seemingly ordinary things, objects, people, natural scenes in extra-ordinary ways, viewing them from a different perspective, shedding a new light on them

http://kiekjevandedag.blogspot.com

[Kathryn Dyche Dechairo]

Great image. Here's part of my story . . . . . .

http://dychedesigns.blogspot.com/2012/02/texture-tuesday-doorway-to-past.html

[PsiModuloQuadro]

Wow..interesting shot.

I want to touch people...I wanna stimulate their thoughts...photography is emotion..like this shot!

http://www.psimoduloquadro.blogspot.com/

[PetinaHope]

This weekend I captured this newborn baby, adopted by parents who had waited years for a baby to call their own... their story was so moving to me!
http://petinahopephotography.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/portrait-newborn-baby-e-evanston-photographer/

[Sarah]

I'm a yoga and meditation teacher and have discovered that a photography "practice" is very similar to sitting on the mat and listening. What a gift this is.

[georgia]

awesome photo!

just this morning, i read an post on a writer's blog that said that creative people create out of a desire to connect and relate... that that is what is at the core of art. i agree! and i think it's a big reason i take photos. i love this quote! so good.

another reason i take photos... to remember...
http://itsjusthowiseethings.blogspot.com/2012/02/just-me-and-misters-part-one.html

[In Blue]

love this photo....love to come back to your blog again & again...inspiring...passing on the love & silliness with the abc award....thanks...
http://makebelieveboutique.com/2012/02/09/abc-award/

[Heather]

I take photos to remind myself that ordinary is epic. That everything I need is right here, right now, right where I am. To remind myself of the beauty that I pass by every day.

[monica rodgers]

My whole life I've been attracted to photographs- first because I came from a family of secrets and the photographs helped me unravel the mystery. Then because I wanted to document my experience. Later, because I could hardly go anywhere without seeing the world as if in snapshots, and now because it brings me great satisfaction and joy - as art.
xo