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The title sounds kind of like a Harry Potter spell to me, lol. My mentor reminded me of a piece of wisdom I had heard years ago but hadn't crossed my mind in a long time. It is that you couldn't achieve perfection without imperfection. I found this really interesting, and feel that the timing for him to remind me of this was impeccable. He had been watching me meticulously edit these photos and was quiet until I had begun removing a blade of grass from in front of the model's face. He asked me why I felt compelled to do this, and I told him that it was distracting, and that I wanted the image to be perfect. This is when he reminded me of the importance of these imperfections, and to him this blade of grass represented a lot of beauty and depth in the photo. Honestly I felt the same about it, but had been so concerned with what others would have to say about it rather than to follow my first instinct. Lately I have been obsessing over getting everything in each of my photos absolutely perfect, which I attribute to a good amount of the feedback I've been getting from this forum. I'm not saying that the feedback hasn't been incredibly helpful because it has been, but I've been forgetting that I shouldn't be obsessing over perfection when I myself even realize that the most beautiful things in my life are imperfect and unique. My art should always represent what I see as beautiful, not what others prefer.
So, the title of this series ("Uomo Imperfetto") literally translates as "Imperfect Man" in Italian. I see this as both a reflection of myself and of the model, who's imperfections are why I find him to be so beautiful. The reason I chose to use an Italian translation is because this conversation with my mentor inspired me to do some research on the subject of perfection and imperfection, and I learned of an Italian "free thinker" from the late 1500's named Lucilio Vanini who believed that perfection depends on incompleteness ("perfectio propter imperfectionem"). I apologize for the long story to go along with these photos and usually feel that an artist should let his or her work speak for itself, but I feel that my inspiration in this case was worth sharing and could inspire others to think outside the box a little more often, even just a little. I posted two photos titled " http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/people-photography/343341-man-moon.html " from the same shoot, but there is a difference in meaning and feeling from those two photos and these ones to me. Anyway, here is "Uomo Imperfetto"; I hope you like them, imperfections and all. Shot in all natural light:
So, the title of this series ("Uomo Imperfetto") literally translates as "Imperfect Man" in Italian. I see this as both a reflection of myself and of the model, who's imperfections are why I find him to be so beautiful. The reason I chose to use an Italian translation is because this conversation with my mentor inspired me to do some research on the subject of perfection and imperfection, and I learned of an Italian "free thinker" from the late 1500's named Lucilio Vanini who believed that perfection depends on incompleteness ("perfectio propter imperfectionem"). I apologize for the long story to go along with these photos and usually feel that an artist should let his or her work speak for itself, but I feel that my inspiration in this case was worth sharing and could inspire others to think outside the box a little more often, even just a little. I posted two photos titled " http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/people-photography/343341-man-moon.html " from the same shoot, but there is a difference in meaning and feeling from those two photos and these ones to me. Anyway, here is "Uomo Imperfetto"; I hope you like them, imperfections and all. Shot in all natural light:
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