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Photography and Music

1/28/2018

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Have you ever had one of those sleepless nights where your mind wanders around and you seem to have no control over where it’s going? Is it creativity at work or a mental health issue? That was my night recently and the answer doesn’t really matter since it’s not the topic for this blog post.


At some uncivilized hour of the morning I started thinking about photography, photographs, exhibits, competitions, judges and curators, critiques and the general public as viewers. And I began to wonder if we couldn’t use music as a way to describe or even rank images. At the bottom we have “Kindergarden Chorus” and “Can’t hold a tune”. At the top perhaps “London Symphony”, “Met Opera”, “Vienna Boys Choir” and “Branford Marsalis”. What about the middle? The nicely done but mundane—“Elevator Music”. Great attempt but something’s not quite right—“The [fill in name of instrument] player on the subway platform”. Hits the right notes but lacks inspiration—“School recital”. Creative and earnest but a bit odd—“Garage Band”. Shows promise but needs a little work—“American Idol”. You can probably come up with more. Think about it one of those nights you lie awake.


One more thing; I bet the next time you look at photos, you’ll be thinking about music.
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