Every picture is a memory. Every time we press the shutter on the camera we are freezing a moment of history so we can preserve it forever. It sounds monumentous doesn't it, but it's not: Facebook will certainly tell you otherwise. I log on each day to see the myriad of photos that my so-called 'friends' vomit onto my homepage. Not only do people upload a sequence of the same picture - I have two of them so why not use them - but the other people in the picture will also post their versions of it. The result? Monster albums clogging up the internet providing the CIA with plenty of material should anyone need blackmailing in the future...


It is an age-old question, though. How do we make our holiday photos interesting to the general public? How do we step away from the necessity to have 'been there' to really appreciate someone else's pictures? And, while we're at it, how can we remove this insane fashion for de-tagging and portraying this hideously false image on Facebook? There is no hard and fast solution - no tried and tested method to solve this, but I think I may have hit upon a compromise.


May I invite you to read on...

Saturday, 11 February 2012

Looking Back...

In going to Switzerland, I got up close and personal with the beautiful mountains I'd seen in Italy. I may have reached my nemisis, and though I wasn't able to conquer it, I did the next best thing and jumped in front of it. To be honest, it was the most I could do purely because though I'd like to ski, I have an over-developed sense of doom and I get the feeling it wouldn't end well...

Now I'm not going to say that I ran screaming from the snow-covered peaks, but after my trip to Saas-Fee I ran back over the border to Italy, and that's where I stayed for many, many months.

But before that happened I turned my back on the mountains and took a jumping picture looking in the other direction. The view was nowhere near as spectacular, but by now there was something comforting in looking back towards Italy and also the many jumping opportunities it would give me over the next 12 months...

Who needs a disguise when you have hair?
Saas-Fee, Switzerland, 2009
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Location: Saas-Fee, Switzerland

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