{"id":61936,"date":"2017-08-07T09:37:34","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T16:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=61936"},"modified":"2017-08-07T09:40:08","modified_gmt":"2017-08-07T16:40:08","slug":"the-will-to-shoot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/07\/the-will-to-shoot\/","title":{"rendered":"THE WILL TO SHOOT"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Cindy
Cindy and curve and hand. Saigon, 2017.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Where do you get the desire or the will to make photos?<\/p>\n

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Why Does ERIC KIM SHOOT?<\/h2>\n
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Cindy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For myself, I shoot because I fear death. I feel the transitory reality of living. I (wrongfully) think that by taking a photo of something, or someone… I will make that moment, person, or scene immortal.<\/p>\n

Therefore, one of our wills to make photos is for immortality.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Cindy
Cindy in elevator. Saigon, 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Most of us fear death, and want to (in theory) live forever. Therefore, we seek immortality through the pictures that we whole.<\/strong> Of course we will die, but we don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want our photos to die<\/strong>. Our photos are like our children, we love them, and hope that their presence will give our lives more meaning.<\/p>\n

\"Cindy
Cindy reflection in elevator. Saigon, 2017.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We fear the death of our memories and our lives. Many of us have a concept of\u00e2\u20ac\u0153self\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153ego\u00e2\u20ac\u009d through our memories. If we didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have memories… or a sense of continuity from us as children until now, we wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t exist as a human or individual.<\/p>\n

Therefore, we are afraid of losing our memories. Why? Because once you get dementia, forget your memories, and forget who you are… you are technically dead. You are like a ghost in the machine.<\/p>\n

\"Cindy
Cindy fingers and shadow. Saigon, 2017.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We shoot photos to NOT FORGET our good and past memories. Consider, we started with film, to imprint our celluloid memories onto the film. Now with digital photos, we invest hundreds of dollars into storage solutions and preservation systems.<\/p>\n

We try to preserve our memories by backing up our photos. Or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153backing up our memories\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. We do this with physical storage, also now on the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153cloud\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<\/p>\n

\"Cindy
Cindy fingers and shadow. Saigon, 2017.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But what happens if you lost all your photos? If an EMP destroyed all of your hard drives, and your memories in the cloud? Would you still exist… and would you still be you?<\/p>\n

Of course. Because you are not your memories. You are not your photos. Rather, your memories and your photos are you.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Blurry Cindy. Saigon, 2017.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We are stupid. We think that we are our photos. This is why we don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t like \u00e2\u20ac\u0153unflattering\u00e2\u20ac\u009d photos of ourselves. We are afraid that ugly photos of us… mean that we are ugly in \u00e2\u20ac\u0153real life\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. But the truth is\u00ef\u00bc\u0161<\/p>\n

\n You are beautiful in real life. The photos of you are ugly.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You can be beautiful and have ugly photos of you.<\/p>\n

Similarly, you can have beautiful photos of you, but be ugly in real life.<\/p>\n

\"Cindy
Cindy in elevator. Hanoi, 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Taking this a step forward, you can have pretty photos and memories from the past, but in reality… you could have had a fake or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153photoshopped\u00e2\u20ac\u009d version of past reality.<\/p>\n

Nobody has a perfect family. Yet all our family photos… we are smiling, pretending like we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re all happy. If our family photos were more accurate and truthful, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d look pretty rowdy, perhaps stressed, or frustrated\/annoyed.<\/p>\n

Shoot for joy.<\/h2>\n
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Saigon, 2017 #cindyproject<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To conclude, we have the WILL TO SHOOT PHOTOS because we fear death.<\/p>\n

I think it is good. If we know we will die, we will never waste a day in vain. We will ignore the pain and pettiness of our day, and always smile, blissful and gay.<\/p>\n

Shoot out of love and appreciation for life. Shoot to clear away all the strife of everyday life.<\/p>\n

BE STRONG,
\nERIC<\/p>\n

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PHOTOGRAPHY PHILOSOPHY<\/h1>\n
\"Selfie
Selfie kiss. Saigon, 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Why<\/em> do you make photos? Reflect in PHOTO JOURNAL<\/a>:<\/p>\n