As a photographer, I believe my primary responsibility--both to myself, and to my audience--is the creation of new images. Anything that gets in the way of creating new images--working in photoshop, printing and mounting photographs, displaying photographs at a gallery, even working on this blog--is a threat. Of course, there are some necessary evils. I can take thousands of photographs, but unless I find some method of presenting them, they are useless to me and my audience. So a delicate balance must be achieved between the creation, manipulation, management, presentation, and promotion of the images. That balance is different for every photographer, and can vary widely over time.
[ photograph above: Claremont Packing House, 2004 ]
