Alea

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Looking back on different shoots with the same woman over the course of years is a little like making a film that that doubles back on itself like "Memento" or "Irreversible"; or a film that lunges forward without consistent logic like "Mulholland Drive." Either way, when time passes after taking a picture, a photograph can seem more vital now than at the time it was shot: an older picture can look "new," and a recent one nostalgic for another time. I think it's fascinating in the way a Sherlock Holmes tale is, or a cracking good mystery yarn when one can't predict the outcome of a twisted plot. Taking the pictures themselves is fun, closer to the pleasures of breathing. But seeing them together in contrast with each other, in contrast with the different years they were taken, is an interesting experience, I would imagine, for any artist.