November 10th, 2008
Jaded with smiles
Thus, the six weeks of work overload retaliation ended. Two raves, two exhibitions, two European countries, one jaded and mildly dissatisfied me. Hertzberg was nice, but I rushed into it and tried to make it more than it should be. Natural Smile was much of the same, but on a grander scale, and I got some good shots (torn through eight rolls). Drop went as well as could be expected, and was probably the most well-rounded of all my pursuits. Europe was different, edifying, and I think I have a couple interesting photographs from the six hundred or so I took. Blog entries and photographs will trickle in over the next several weeks as I water down the diatribes and cut through the massive amounts of awesome repetition.
This iteration of Fukushi was better in some ways logistically (read: experience), but artistically I think it was a significant step backward from my production in the spring. Yet, I had friends there to support me, and I think Hirota-san had a good time. It was good to see him enjoying himself.
So, my muscles are sore, my head aches, my house is in a shambles, and I swear off all photography for a month. This lasts about fourteen hours before salivating at the massive stack of negatives on my desk drives me quite nearly insane.
Everyone should be playing more Disaster: Day of Crisis.
