>>3372451Not really, I'm just having a conversation because I think the critique the anon had was valid, what makes a ton of pictures of me and my friends interesting?
>>3372463Time and context.
Like I said for every photo that say McGinnley Shares there's 1,000s if not more that get thrown by the wayside or never shared. Something like The Ballad especially in a pre-instagram era is literally only the best of the best.
Doing something like a photo diary, I can't just be like "Hey give me a black eye or a bloody nose "so I can be like Nan Golden or Ryan Mcginley. Was Ryan Mcginley bloody or driving across the Brooklyn bride every day or time he brought out his camera no.
If you were to ask me to make a photo book in 7 years would everything I like and think is a good photo now make it, no. Most of IG is for quantity>quality just to keep a follower ratio etc. This is again just IG, not a show or a portfolio
With a photo diary you need time to build that over arching context and narrative. Which is what Ballad has, context and an over arching theme and narrative.
Pic related isn't that good of a photo but within the greater Context of The Kids were Alright it is.