I loved everything about that movie and those dream sequences too. It was painful to see him so abruptly rip up photos that he didn’t like, but I also liked how decisive he was about it. And he didn’t linger on the ones that didn’t turn out or didn’t like.
such a beautiful movie, right?! And yeah, he sure knew what he wanted in those photographs, haha. I need to take my archiving to his level in terms of organization 😂 Very true though.. he did not even second-guess the “bad” ones!
Augie Wren (played by Harvey Keitel) in Wayne Wang's "Smoke" has taken the same photo from the exact same spot at the exact same time of his smoke shop in NYC every day for years, he calls it his "life's work."
For me, dreams and photography have many ways of connecting. I've written before about how to "photograph synchronicity", where I share some of my photo / dream techniques. One of these is to work with your photos, analyzing them as if they were a dream which can yield some surprising things that you might not have consciously considered. The original post was here : https://www.aminus3.com/threads/how-to-photograph-synchronicity/
I have heard good things about this film and looking forward to watching.
I don't ever dream about specific images, but I am a big day dreamer, and I often wonder if the key to being a successful photographer/artist is they're all day dreamers, spending hours letting their minds wander about.
I loved everything about that movie and those dream sequences too. It was painful to see him so abruptly rip up photos that he didn’t like, but I also liked how decisive he was about it. And he didn’t linger on the ones that didn’t turn out or didn’t like.
such a beautiful movie, right?! And yeah, he sure knew what he wanted in those photographs, haha. I need to take my archiving to his level in terms of organization 😂 Very true though.. he did not even second-guess the “bad” ones!
I never dream of specific images but dreams can prompt visual ideas for photos.
I definitely agree!
Augie Wren (played by Harvey Keitel) in Wayne Wang's "Smoke" has taken the same photo from the exact same spot at the exact same time of his smoke shop in NYC every day for years, he calls it his "life's work."
woah, I’ll have to check that out! Thanks for sharing!
For me, dreams and photography have many ways of connecting. I've written before about how to "photograph synchronicity", where I share some of my photo / dream techniques. One of these is to work with your photos, analyzing them as if they were a dream which can yield some surprising things that you might not have consciously considered. The original post was here : https://www.aminus3.com/threads/how-to-photograph-synchronicity/
I have heard good things about this film and looking forward to watching.
thanks for sharing! I’ll have to check out your post.
And it’s such a beautiful movie!
I don't ever dream about specific images, but I am a big day dreamer, and I often wonder if the key to being a successful photographer/artist is they're all day dreamers, spending hours letting their minds wander about.
It definitely can’t hurt our minds! I like to imagine a lot of the greats did/do daydream quite regularly..
Looks like a beautiful movie! Thanks you for mentioning it and contemplating on it!
thanks for reading it!!