tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957537387682607217.post4366135748578980603..comments2013-09-17T12:51:59.890+01:00Comments on Lucy Telford Photography: Felixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03238311033068127337noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957537387682607217.post-9027727905746602002013-09-17T12:51:59.890+01:002013-09-17T12:51:59.890+01:00Thank you very much Andrea. Your words mean a lot...Thank you very much Andrea. Your words mean a lot as I am a fan of both your photographs & your blog. It is like coming home when there's an understanding between people.Felixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03238311033068127337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957537387682607217.post-85396428221610564902013-09-15T11:50:22.089+01:002013-09-15T11:50:22.089+01:00Just found this lovely blog - through Mark Tweedie...Just found this lovely blog - through Mark Tweedie. I shall be visiting on a regular basis as you seem to be talking straight to me. Many thanks<br />AndreaAndrea Ingramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05183929067812339897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957537387682607217.post-7695050069479866462013-07-01T12:13:14.261+01:002013-07-01T12:13:14.261+01:00Thanks Deb and, yes, you're right - we are ver...Thanks Deb and, yes, you're right - we are very similar with regard to why we do what we do and what we hope from the end result. It IS all about feeling and you were (as you no doubt realised) one of the friends to whom I was referring when I said that I can identify with your images. As a mother I understand your photographic response to your children - almost as if the camera is an extension of your heart or your love. There is no hidden agenda. As you say - it's about being human and about not being afraid to show emotion.<br /><br />Thank you so much for the words - open and genuine, just like you too :-)Felixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03238311033068127337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957537387682607217.post-71239127736805397852013-07-01T11:55:38.774+01:002013-07-01T11:55:38.774+01:00I think we have always shared the same view of why...I think we have always shared the same view of why we create Lucy, & what we hope to get from it & indeed what others get from it. I find the work I am drawn too isn't the technically perfect kind but those that I feel comes from the 'heart'. I think it's the reason my photography is so limited - at least in subject matter. But that doesn't matter. I have often been asked what I will do when the children grow up - it feels such an irrelevant question. I don't photograph to prove to others that I am a photographer - that I have talent as a photographer - I photograph to show I am a human being that feels & feels deeply. <br />A wonderful blog Lucy - so thoughtful, just like you & one that I will come back & read again.<br /> Deborah Parkin Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04178448264826225881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957537387682607217.post-38013019511630625872013-06-26T23:34:00.056+01:002013-06-26T23:34:00.056+01:00Thanks very much for such a thought-provoking and ...Thanks very much for such a thought-provoking and probing comment Michael and sorry my reply is so tardy.<br /><br />I suppose my answer would be that the communication of myself - my thoughts, feelings, hopes, dreams etc - is extremely important to me. I put myself into my images either to express an idea or an emotion or to say (as I say in the blog) "this is how it is to me." It IS a form of communication - a language - hopefully a dialogue sometimes if the image is able to speak to someone else.<br /><br />When I used to write poetry it was another form of this. Maybe not explicitly autobiographical but as writers generally acknowledge, it is often a good plan to write about what you know - I know myself and I know how I react to certain things, the sea for example. As you astutely pointed out once, in a reply to one of my blogs I think, that you felt that there was an element of photographing things how I wanted them to be (sorry - bad paraphrasing of your more elegant wording!) and you are right.<br /><br />I'm a heart-on-my-sleeve kind of person anyway, my emotions are always fairly near the surface and I also admire children's openness with their feelings and I think that my images reflect this. The down side is that one is left vulnerable but for me it's a risk worth taking.<br /><br />Thanks again Michael for such a perceptive comment.Felixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03238311033068127337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957537387682607217.post-8391385002917834162013-06-22T09:10:52.360+01:002013-06-22T09:10:52.360+01:00Profoundly moving, Lucy.
Can you say something abo...Profoundly moving, Lucy.<br />Can you say something about yourself in relation to what you make? What I mean is: how important is the communication of yourself in your images to you? You speak of the need to engage emotionally in the making of images in order for there to be an emotional response on the part of the viewer (seeing something of themselves in an image etc), but I'm not completely sure of the extent to which you are explicitly asking the viewer to engage with you, the creator of an image (let's not get into the 18th century idea of creators, but I think that may also be an issue in all these discussions, perhaps to be discussed another time). We do, after all, find out about others through the work they create, and I wonder how intentional that is on your part. I take it for granted that we reveal more of ourselves than we know if we are engaged emotionally in what we do, but I'm wondering if and to what extent intentionality of self-exposure, as it were, is a part of your thinking?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com