When lack of vision results in putting lipstick on a pig
I have learned – the hard way – that imitation is the anti-christ of inspiration. I was truly inspired this weekend by both Cartier Bresson and by the way in which my new friends explored their vision of Chicago right through to their choices in final post-processing. Feeling inspired, I set myself a number of exercises and books to read to anchor that new insight. This post is the final exercise that I set myself in Chicago and its purpose was to explore how imitating someone else can undermine and cheat you of your own vision. Whilst I am not able to show you ant images that were copied when we shot, I can show you how some of my images are altered if I imitate one of the other’s style.
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