The Adventures of Michael Vincent

Posts tagged with identity

  1. Humanism | The Individual Revolution

    2022-11-17 15:40:21 UTC

    Humans have survived 1000s of years of one revolution after another. The most profound revolution was the ability to stand up and walk freely. This meant survival, growth and expansion for The Human Being. The Industrial Revolution meant The Human Being could express himself or herself through the context of…


  2. 35mm | Self Discovery

    2022-08-03 08:26:05 UTC

    I am am still on this journey of uncovering my Photographic Identity. Joel Meyerowitz brought this to my attention on his online course with Masters of Photography. Identity, Subject, Self Expression, Hunter, Observer, Candid, Spray & Pray, its a long list of approaches. Who am I in all this? My…


  3. Seeing People | Identity

    2022-07-24 10:05:57 UTC

    How we see ourselves is a very important part of our psyche. How other’s see us is part of their internal narrative and assumptions. My Camera has no opinion. It records and documents what I choose. The meaning and interpretation comes from me. We all wear many faces. The true…


  4. Photographic Identity

    2022-07-17 10:00:28 UTC

    Identity is an interesting concept to me. When we come into this board game called Life, we came not knowing the rules of the game. This context leaves us at a distinct disadvantage. We are useless for the first few years of our lives. We need support from our environment…


  5. Tuesday Stories

    2022-04-12 19:00:14 UTC

    I really feel comfortable with the wider frame. 28mm is the context in which life and its expression fills my natural frame. Children have no concern about whose watching, they simply express their vibe. Honest authentic Self Expression is our natural DNA. William Shakespeare told us “all the world is…


  6. Identity

    2021-09-30 11:28:08 UTC

    Who am I? This is a question I ask myself regularly. My answers vary on a given day. On a good day, I can feel great joy being a student in the craft of magic. On another day, I can feel totally inadequate as my mother’s Carer. As I look…


  7. 2020 Vision | Identity

    2020-12-17 01:14:51 UTC

    “O would some power the giftie gie us to see ourselves as others see us”. Robbie Burns This famous qoute by Robbie Burns could easily apply to the non judgemental operation of a camera. The Camera and Lens has no opinion about you or me. If we could really see…


  8. 2020 Vision | Photographic Identity

    2020-09-28 11:37:43 UTC

    For a long time, I struggled with this issue. Who am I? As a Person, Magician, Carer and Photographer? What is my core identity? It took me a long time to distinguish this simple truth. This has come to a head; I am currently enrolled on The Masters of Photography…


  9. 2020 Vision | Photographic Identity

    2020-09-20 00:25:14 UTC

    Who am I? I know the name I was given? So what? I have no idea who I am. That’s the truth. I know my journey has been 56 years long, like the image above…..a long road of memories. Memories stuck in the context of my past. Right now, it’s…


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