Wabi-Sabi in Photography
I love the feeling of waiting for the film roll to be processed, scanned. I also love the fact that each shot taken by film camera does not give me much time to think. In order to capture a moment, I just have to be in the moment and act quickly. Moreover, film camera does not allow me to look back at my photo so all I have is one shot. However, the thing I love most about film photography is the imperfection within it.
Whenever I take film photos, there are always two types of pictures: the one on the left and the one on the right. On the left, these film photos look really perfect to me. However, those pictures on the right don't seem to reach that perfection as those on the right.
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The photo does not look perfect at all. It gets a ray of light.
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It turns out that my camera has a problem: the back of the camera has a little crack. And that is where the light gets in. If you expose film roll under the light or sun, it will bring out this effect, or worse it get burned.
However, those little crack actually makes everything perfectly imperfect. Somehow the light sets the tone and mood for the pictures. That is why I love film photography so much.
The same goes for these photos. They are photos that adopt the style and technique of Todd Hido, Daido Moriyama, Nan Goldin. These photos are not well composed and the exposure is bad. But these photographs have mystically drawn us to them. This is what they call Wabi-Sabi.
"In and Out" by xddorox is licensed under CC BY 2.0
"Taxi" by polyscifi is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
"Lot 73: Todd Hido" by sfcamerawork is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
Image by atom heart father is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
