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I thought I’d start a new section here on the blog.
Images that inspire me.
I don’t look at these images and try to imitate them or use them in any way. Sometimes I don’t even think about them. But they are images that have meant something to me at some point in my life. And therefore they are a part of me. In some way. They are images I love, not necessarily images I want to take.
Except maybe this one.
I wish I took it.
But then again, if I had, I would be a very old man now.
“The Kiss by the Hôtel de Ville” was shot by Robert Doisneau in 1950.
by Jonas
Josefine - I also like this picture. There is absolutely something special going on with it.
ayesha - totally. i have ALWAYS loved this picture…
ayesha - okay so don’t think i’m a stalker or anything (don’t worry i’m in a different hemisphere) but i have to add another comment… since this is about inspiration and all.
completely honestly – you are the only photographer whose work i have seen since my college days with the ability to capture an image of something utterly ordinary – a bucket by a wall or something – and make it somehow moving, make it tell a story just like you want it to. to me, the best photography renders the ordinary extraordinary – makes you stop and look at something in a different way, just like poetry, and that’s what your work does. just imagine what you do when you take pictures of stuff that’s actually meaningful anyway – like new babies and weddings! :)
thank you for inspiring me…
end rave! :)
Amber Hughes - I always have and always will love this photo. My sister has it printed large on her wall and I remember looking at it when I was young and thinking “man, photography is cool!”.
Jonas - @ayesha: Thanks so much, that’s such a nice thing to say. If there’s anything I want my photos to do, it would be to tell stories in some way. Or at least make you stop and think about something, whether it is a mood, a color or an emotion.
Emilie - Wow! I set this photograph as my desktop only yesterday. I can’t stop looking at it..
Jay - (Sorry, but the pedant in me has to ask: it’s supposed to say “except maybe this one”, not “accept”, isn’t it?)
I agree, this is a gorgeous pic, but like Ayesha I can’t comment without mentioning that your photos are just as gorgeous, to say the least.
Jonas - Jay: Ha! That is seriously the strangest spelling mistake ever. I find that sometimes your brain just does things I can’t explain. I certainly know the difference between “accept” and “except”, I must have been planning to write something completely different. God knows what though. “I accept the fact that I never could have taken this shot, since I wasn’t even born in the fifties”, is an option that comes to mind.
Jay - Hey, we all make mistakes. And I’ve seen way worse, believe me. Just be glad that when your head’s in another place you have your faithful readers/fans to save you ;)
Christian - I really like this picture! And I really think your pictures is the same quality!
Doktoranden - That’s one glorious photograph.
ken kienow - MAJOR ditto to ayesha’s comment. i love seeing the world through your eyes.
henrik - It was one of my favourite pictures as well until I read that it was staged. I still admire it quite much, and it is still a suberb piece of work, but the magic is just not there anymore.
Ryan Brenizer - Yes, it was staged … which should make it all the more inspirational to the wedding photographer. Great vision.
Fotograf Sofia - I LOVE this picture.