Comments on: Model behaviour: the story of Linda, by Natalie Dybisz aka Miss Aniela

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By: Miss Aniela

Miss Aniela — Mon, 07 May 2012 17:41:15 +0000

Hi Fabiano,
Thanks for your comment. I am really happy you feel this way about the article! The experience in writing it was different than other essays of mine: just like the picture-taking, it rolled out fluidly and naturally, without as much pressure as in other essays to organise all the ideas cogently and formally.
And yes, for the reasons you outlined, I hope to have more experiences like the one with Linda. Less time on the computer is also a welcome thing for me, though I did spend a while organising all the files that I liked (as there were so many)… still an enjoyably different experience from heavy process-work though.
Thanks again!

By: Fabiano Busdraghi

Fabiano Busdraghi — Mon, 07 May 2012 10:36:56 +0000

Natalie, thank you very much for this article. It’s exactly the kind of essay I try to suggest photographer should write for Camera Obscura. A generic statement is better on their personal site, while an article for a magazine, in my opinion, is much more interesting if it starts with a real life experience. An interesting story than is the perfect occasion to introduce artist thoughts and opinions. Your Model Behaviour is exactly a combination of all of this, so thank you so much for this great text!
You essay is also a good lesson for me. I tend to over organize and prepare everything, while it’s a god idea to be able interact with reality, let the model surprise the photographer and create something unexpected.
Finally, it’s quite interesting that you had not to over retouch the photos fo “fill the gap of reality”. I retouch everything I shoot, sometimes heavily, exactly because photography for me is much more the practical realization of an idea I have in my mind, than a reproduction of reality. The only problem is that I spend much more time in front of my computer than shooting, and sometimes I ask myself if I’m a photographer or only a computer nerd. It’s nice to know that sometimes magic happen, and you can achieve exactly what you want just shooting. Is really refreshing and somehow more photographic.

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