When people see an image of a landscape they expect to see exactly that upon arrival at the location. Anything less and we feel cheated of the photographic scene they were promised. Before photography, the most accurate representation was through an artist’s interpretation of a painting.
Photography acts as a way to document the events in our lives in a sense of truth, but they are just data, and data can be corrupted.
I have always been overly observant and I don’t necessarily take in “the big picture”. Rather I take in smaller bits of location that catch my eye and stick with me. The images used in the final composites are the little photographic moments, objects that stick with me after visiting an area. These images act as my memory of these locations.
