The Golden Arrow is Back!

I see that I have taken quite the detour from this blog, but I’m back. I still have many things to share through unspoken words because I have too large of an imagination, which sometimes, I have to write about. I need to let the world know how my brain functions when it comes to my photography… and my fascination of trains!

To begin, I would like to clarify a little more about my love of photography. As stated in my statement of purpose to a certain university I wish to continue in the Masters’ field:

"As a child, I always wondered what it would be like to be behind the lens of a camera. Now that I am in the position of the photographer, I recognize the restriction of scenery that offers the viewfinder as a way to built memories in a subjective manner. I also believe that one frozen moment in time is a way of looking at the world that surrounds me. I can after, come back, and reminisce on these photographic memories; these very moments in time.
Photography is, for me, a way of life. When I carry around my camera like a third eye, I look through my viewfinder and see more than with my own bare eyes. I’ve come to look at any subjects with the interruption of a mechanism: my medium format camera. As I look, feel, and control what will be the subject recorded in my film, as a result I can control the spectator’s look. I manufacture their thoughts through my photographs. They will see exactly what I want them to see. Therefore, my photographs are a way to be in charge of the images and scenes I wish to create. "

Like Susan Sontag once said "To photograph is to appropriate the thing photographed" (1977)