My Notebook

A notebook is useful to help me remember what I've forgotten. 

If I could remember everything I written down I wouldn't need a notebook Unfortunately, that's not the case, but my notes help me keep track of what I've learned and I can go back and look for mistakes to chart my growth as a photographer or I can look back months later and be reminded of what I've learned. 

For example, when I developed this pinhole image I wasn't sure what caused the wavy line. Later, I learned in class that I most likely didn't correctly agitate the developer chemical. Having this visual reminder in my notebook encourages me to improve my development technique. I can also look back and see how my understanding of photography is deepening. 

I made a type of pinhole camera (albeit with an exagerated pinhole) in order to complete the photo of where the eyes cannot go. In this case, that would be a woman's washroom. The photo paper slides into the camera and the pinhole is basically a stencil. I keep this camera in my notebook as a souvenir. 

To capture duration, I made a photo with a pinhole camera of my grandpa's watch and then I placed the image in my notebook. This is a colour version of what the watch looks like. 

For my self-image, I showed the peace sign in order to give a new perspective on the current conflict in Ukraine. We learn in school that war is pointless. In fact, that's the entire story of World War I - war solves nothing. And yet here we today after a century of Remembrance Days and Never Agains cheering on the war in Ukraine. We never learn.