When I was preparing to do my SoFoBoMo project, a friend showed me an interesting website. “Someone Once Told Me” is an intriguing photography project, and I’m looking forward to participating by creating a set of my own photos. The simple gist of the project is what you see in the photograph above. You find a willing participant and have them write something that someone once told them, and you make a photo of the person. My example above is just that… and example. When you browse the photos on the website, the participating photographers have made some effort to put their subjects in an intriguing environment and photograph them in a more intriguing way than I have here. I just wanted to get the ball rolling by actually making an image.

This type of project photography inspires me. It’s another example of how we can use a camera to capture something more than just an image. When a photo communicates with the viewer on a level higher than the image itself, it becomes more than a simple photo. Photos don’t have to be of magnificent landscapes, pretty flowers, blazing sunsets, or pretty people to carry a lot of impact.

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