Semi-finished product

Lately, out and about shooting with my Pentax, I have been thinking about the photograph as a semi-finished product. You take a photograph of a location because it is a cool location, you see something in it. But there are often elements missing. With such a photograph as starting point you could stage something that makes the image more compelling, or you paint the photograph to legitimize it (investing more, small changes that make it more your own work maybe).

Two freight trains and an empty track
Two freight trains and an empty track – photo Joeri van Veen 2014
Meedenertol
Meedenertol – photo Joeri van Veen 2014
Overpass
Overpass – photo Joeri van Veen 2014
Weird closet
Weird closet – photo Joeri van Veen 2014

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