This shot is from 7 years ago, almost to the day. I was two years into my schooling, slowly gaining confidence, inspired by the great Helmut Newton, and obsessed with a new found sexual freedom. Somehow in the last few years, instead of that confidence further expanding it’s remained idle, possibly has even receded a bit. I’ve become hyperaware and obsessed with taking a technically good photograph, errors are no longer allowed.  The beauty of being naive is that there is no pressure, no burden. I’ve gotta harness a figurative ignorance. I want to be naive again. I want to bring sexuality back into my work, being classy just isn’t cutting it for me anymore. If my work were human, would it be wearing a business suit? It’s all starting to feel too conservative.  A trip down hard drive memory lane, rediscovery of a mediocre image from the archives, and a serious thought…I have got to stop caring so much, on both a personal and professional level. It’s time to live with a considerate disregard for the cancerous manifestation of fear. What a small word, fear. Smell that, Tanya? that’s the whiskey from last night’s celebration of entering 27 and some advice your future self will be thankful for. 

This shot is from 7 years ago, almost to the day. I was two years into my schooling, slowly gaining confidence, inspired by the great Helmut Newton, and obsessed with a new found sexual freedom.

Somehow in the last few years, instead of that confidence further expanding it’s remained idle, possibly has even receded a bit. I’ve become hyperaware and obsessed with taking a technically good photograph, errors are no longer allowed. 

The beauty of being naive is that there is no pressure, no burden. I’ve gotta harness a figurative ignorance. I want to be naive again. I want to bring sexuality back into my work, being classy just isn’t cutting it for me anymore. If my work were human, would it be wearing a business suit? It’s all starting to feel too conservative. 

A trip down hard drive memory lane, rediscovery of a mediocre image from the archives, and a serious thought…I have got to stop caring so much, on both a personal and professional level. It’s time to live with a considerate disregard for the cancerous manifestation of fear. What a small word, fear. Smell that, Tanya? that’s the whiskey from last night’s celebration of entering 27 and some advice your future self will be thankful for. 

29 September 5
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Notes

  1. foxpass said: This photo is fantastic all around, but what’s wrong with conservatism? Some of the best innovation comes from limitation. Besides, everyone is doing sex these days. Our generation too often confuses debauchery with courage.
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