Hello fellow artists,

I think there is a solid place for images of blood, gore, anxiety, fear, repression, anger, etc., particularly if the work provides catharsis. However, today's entry is about celebrating the joys of human experience.

From Aperture, v. 18, #2, 1974:

"A photograph that celebrates is an affirmation of existence. It may celebrate life by documenting the actual celebrations of man and the commonality and continuity of human experience. It may rejoice in life through visual equivalents and expressive symbols. A photograph that celebrates may glorify the elemental forces of birth and death, sex and energy. A photograph that celebrates may exult in the imagination and the intellect, in consciousness and intuition, in the spirit and the sublime. A photograph that celebrates in the transition from sight to insight and extols the mystery that falls between conception and creation." -- Jonathan Green

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