Cheryl Richards: A Photographic Accident

I must admit this photograph baffles me. I have no idea what it is. It was among a batch of photos I took on a trip to Augusta, Ky. I have looked and looked at it. Studied it. And can not figure out what it is.

I'm sure my finger accidentally slipped at some point. Never the less, the more I studied the picture the more I was fascinated. It looks like an alien cube disintegrating under water. Or a TV exploding. Or the beginning of a carving on the side of a block of granite.

There are those that think photography is about recording reality and there are those that find the mystery in reality. "I see no reason for capturing the obvious." - Edward Weston

Guideposts:

passionate - adj. 1. having or showing strong feelings; capable of or susceptible to passion 2. resulting from, expressing, or tending to arouse strong feeling; ardent; intense; impassioned

perceptual abstraction - n. a broad term referring to a reaction against several types of abstract art originating in the 1950s such as hard-edge painting, minimal art and op-art indicating a change from expressive and painterly qualities to an emphasis on clarity and precision based on objective perception. i.e. M. C. Escher

photography - n. the art or process of producing images of objects upon a photosensitive surface by the chemical action of light or other radiant energy

play - v. 1. To amuse oneself 2. To participate in 3. To act frivolously or idle 4. To perform 5. To cause to emit sounds 6. To move lightly, rapidly, or sporadically 7. To make a pretense of being

promote - v. 1. to raise or move (a person) forward to a higher or better position 2. to further the growth or establishment of (something)

prose - n. the ordinary form of written or spoken language without rhyme or meter

A Photographic Accident

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