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I always thought there is a component of unconscious narcissism in creative processes.
I imagine a musician who has just put down the backbone of a melody. How does he feel as he rereads that handful of notes written in pencil, playing them again on the keyboard of a grand piano? Will there be a touch of narcissism to enrich his legitimate satisfaction?
And won’t the same thing happen to a writer or journalist who happily rereads a just written sentence?
Or to a painter, who takes a step back, to have an overall look at the canvas after the last brush stroke?
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Unfortunately, I am not a musician or a writer, nor am I a painter. But I happen to try something similar, after the last retouch to certain photos, when an initially flat and bluish image turns into something different, by simply moving the cursors of a photo-editing program. And colours and shapes come out of almost nothing. That transformation process generates a subtle feeling of pleasure. It is the pleasure of creating. After all, photography is also an art form.
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But another problem arises. Is making art so easy today, thanks to computers? Can anyone today be an artist? There is no definite answer to these questions because we should first establish what art is.
However, Mozart did not have any electronic equipment to compose music. His Cubase was in his brain. And he was Mozart.
Cartier Bresson used a Leica (amazing camera!) And one lens, a 50mm, for almost all of his life’s work. Nothing electronic. And he was Cartier Bresson.
So art exists regardless of the magic of computers.
Are there any new Mozart or Cartier Bresson today? One would say no. But it wouldn’t be fair. Music has changed. And the same has happened to many other forms of art, photography included. But art never stopped.
In any case, sophisticated equipment and advanced software alone are useless, even if you are technically capable of using them. It is probably the sacred flame of art that can make them prodigious tools.
Only one doubt remains. What would Mozart do today with a computer? What would he be capable of? What film music would he produce?
Hard to find an answer.
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The photos included in this post were taken at a cenote in Mexico during an Underwater Trash The Dress session. They don’t claim to be art. But we put a lot of love into what we do.
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