But I feel that there are still other and more subtle reasons to use these
processes. Some may think they get out of the line of fire with their below
average work if they invest hours and dollars instead of minutes and peanuts.
How many photographers put platinum prints in their portfolio to get their work
accepted as fine art? Or, to think positive: I have the impression that even
more alt.photo workers are searching people, searching for s. th.less shallow.
In this case the way may be at least as important as the goal. And the
introverts: Some of them may not have the opportunity or even the desire to
communicate with others but are pleased by becoming absorbed in the creative
process. Seaching for images to find themselves...
And what about the veiling power of these processes (let's call it the
Christo-effect): Showing s. th. clear and sharp allows almost no individual
interpretation: The subject is what it is. A hopefully well selected excerpt of
reality. To wrap it means to give the viewers food for thought, to stimulate
their phantasy and to allow them to implement their own experiences.
And at last I'd like to underline Carson's statement that <an image seeks its
process> But <to seek the image for a process> would mean to saddle the horse
from the back...
Klaus Pollmeier