Intersections Between Language and Photography

time must be the thing itself. at this moment in my thought processes, anyway. what if it actually stood still? there wouldn’t be a single thing different–no moment before, or after. isn’t that the concern of the photograph? the split-second in between before and after?

in between

i was thinking of gerhard richter’s oil on canvas “two candles” when photographing the hourglass. perhaps it was the shadow and light of “two candles” that prompted “when” I shot the hourglass–the light and shadow. i don’t recall, now. and it was only yesterday i made the photographs.

i think the hourglass needs to be printed in a landscape orientation to represent the continuum. but, then, the light needs to move vertically. mayhap the light will be good again through the north window today.

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