"Life Stilled" by by Anne Rowan
She was a photographer and looked for intimacy in photographs. She is a believer of Budhism, especially the idea that all things are connected. In her work she tried focusing in and connecting.
She likes taking an object or person and focusing on a particular part rather than looking at it as a whole. For example, she had a side profile picture of a boy but cuts out most of his face and body and focused on his hear and mouth area. This was to ensure a high level of detail and resolution in a non-conventional way.
One thing that I liked about her SMP was how she talked about how she photographs her immediate surroundings because she doesnt believe that we need to travel anywhere in order to be dazzled by what is around us. I also really took a liking to a quote she provided by Tony Feher: "I think people are looking all the time, but I don't think they are seeing anything."
This quote reminds me exactly of what James Elkins discusses in his article, Just Looking."
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