I often post photos at the National Geographic site. The editors at national geographic put out assignments for photographers and choose from the thousands of photos submitted for the Editors Choice award. I thought the message itself of this following assignment quite interesting. Maybe I can get my daughter--or granddaughter--to take part ;). ---------------------------------------------------------------- THE WORLD NEXT DOOR. This is a special assignment, because its not just all about you! While it is about exploring your photography and your willingness to engage with people through photography, it is also about exploring your relationship with your child, and your childs relationship with the world. This should be collaboration, where (quite often) you put down the camera to support them and talk to them about what they are learning. It is an opportunity to discuss human relationships, beauty, and beliefs. When I photograph with my son, Hawkeye, (age four), its not really about photography. Thats just the artifact we take away from an interaction. Hawkeye is already a very social little dude, but I think that photographing people in this way opens him up to a lifetime of communicating with people who are very different than him. I think many of us get locked into a comfort zone with how we see the world and who we interact with, and we do that by limiting our exposure. Photography is one way for me (and now my son) to shatter that comfort zone, to be reminded every day that I venture out with my camera that there are infinite worlds to explore—that I am not the center of the universe and that my ideas are among the many perspectives and manifestations of life that make up this world. I hope for nothing less for my son, whether it is through photography or another medium of communication. It is all really about a way of seeing and experiencing the world, and the camera is just one exercise.
Posted on: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 00:14:17 +0000
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