Nomad's Land

The road to understanding nomads’ lives, how they are affected by economic development, and their views of conservation, runs through many a tent. Lined by countless cups of tea and stories shared, by challenges and treks on horseback, and by unfamiliar notions it is a road that is unfrequented and untravelled upon. I will wear down the soles of my shoes on that road, I will get tired on that road, but I will find something along it that I cannot find elsewhere.

17 May 2007

An Idea I wish I'd had

Photographer Michael David Murphy creates a brilliant patchwork by capturing moments never caught on film at his site UNphotographable.

The way he puts it, "Unphotographable is a catalog of exceptional mistakes. Photos never taken that weren't meant to be forgotten. Opportunities missed. Simple failures. Occasions when I wished I'd taken the picture, or not forgotten the camera, or had been brave enough to click the shutter."

To my mind, it is as beautiful an art as photography, and in some odd way shows more of a commitment to photography than photos themselves -- to the art of describing and preserving fleeting moments, which, in the end, is what truly constitutes life, isn't it? Life and photography.

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