picture perfect

"it's a lie. it's a bunch of sad strangers photographed beautifully and all
the glittering assholes who appreciate art say it's beautiful 'cause that's
what they wanna see but the people in the photos are sad and alone, but
the pictures make the world seem beautiful. so, the exhibition is
reassuring which makes it a lie and everyone loves a big fat lie."

alice/jane, closer

that's my favourite line from closer. i've always known it to be true but hearing her say it just hit me. the beauty in photos are all captured in that one single frame and no one knows what happens behind that or after that. but it's still beautiful and so is that line and i still love photography.

on the other hand, check out these photos by a really talented chick. talking bout being attached to your camera, she carries her slr digital camera (it's huge) almost everywhere. sigh...i wish i could be talented too.