Thinking About Photography
Dedicated to expanding our ideas about photography
Susan Bein
© Susan Bein, Joy
There's a lot of waiting in my daily life so I try to use that time creatively; I keep about 300 favorite photos on my phone and use different phone apps to experiment on them even though I initially thought they were 'finished'. Several of these are double exposures, some are blurs; I push and push to see old friends in new ways. The photo of the woman with a lampshade on her head is a good example; I was in a plane sitting on the runway and photographed the lights out the window layering them over some of my older photos during the flight. I've been photographing for 55 years and love that I now have both a camera and a darkroom that can fit in one hand.
© Susan Bein, Lampshade Dance
© Susan Bein, Ice King
© Susan Bein, Self in Graffiti
© Susan Bein, Surrounded in Uncertainty
© Susan Bein, Masks