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8.11.2014

For Readers of "The Lisbon Portfolio." Henry White sent along one of the shots described in the novel...


© 1999 Henry White & Kirk Tuck

From a trade show many years ago in Lisbon, Portugal. Image taken with a Leica M4 and a 50mm Summicron lens. It was a week and a half of indecision. Sometimes I wanted color and some times I wanted black and white and I tried only to take one camera along with me on my walks so I was constantly trying to decide which way to go. I  thought I never really got it right but to be perfectly honest I've never been the best judge of what works in which medium. Somehow, ten or fifteen years later is seems that no matter which decision I made in the past it was the right one. 

The funny thing about photography is that it's all about forks in the road. Do I go left or right? Are those the only choices? Can I go foreword or backward? Can I stand right here and see what happens next? Our decisions are always less about what camera or film to use and more about which path to take on our walks. Which path determines everything. And ultimately it doesn't matter which path you take because there's something to see everywhere......








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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 11, 2014 at 7:30 PM

    Kirk,

    Is that old M4 still around? Any idea what film you shot for that series? I love the second shot...

    Cheers,
    Andrew

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  2. Soeren EngelbrechtAugust 13, 2014 at 5:20 AM

    Just curious: If a monkey apparently can't hold the copyright to an image, how can Henry White ?? :-)

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