I respect and value what these two practitioners have to say. David especially because of our common photographic interest in Japan. Really thankful they took time out to feedback on my work. It was really informative as well as practical advice, and has given me lots to think about.
Here are some of my scrawled notes.
Japanese word for death?
Wabi-sabi?
Decay?
Look at the History of the Photo Book by Martin Parr and Jerry Badger
Stream of concisouness
Images bleeding into one another?
Sustain a narrative? Throughout? How?
Start pairing.
DECAY
Avoid obvious statements.
Echo?
Juxtapose.
One spread? Double page? Break? Any sit alone?
Alluding to?
Un-interrupted?
Access sensibility?
Repeat?
Think about physicality.
Make lots of copies. They have to live somewhere, not in a box. Move them. Pair them.
Find words that sit happily with them.
Eggleston “I am at war with the obvious”.
Shoot more.