Yes, totally agree! A "chance" landscape that has any pasting power, is rarely taken. I find it more successful when going to a new place, to go for several weeks - the longer the better. Even then, I will start shooting one subject, and almost always find I drop it once the place sinks in. Then, I may have figured out what actually interests me, and I go to work trying to capture it.
In situations where the intent of a photograph isn’t fully defined at the moment of capture, do you believe it’s possible for meaning to emerge later during the editorial or curation process, or is that initial clarity always necessary?
Yes, totally agree! A "chance" landscape that has any pasting power, is rarely taken. I find it more successful when going to a new place, to go for several weeks - the longer the better. Even then, I will start shooting one subject, and almost always find I drop it once the place sinks in. Then, I may have figured out what actually interests me, and I go to work trying to capture it.
In situations where the intent of a photograph isn’t fully defined at the moment of capture, do you believe it’s possible for meaning to emerge later during the editorial or curation process, or is that initial clarity always necessary?
Of course but the odds go up the more you know the purpose and intent you have when making pictures in the first place.