If i ever venture into photography, i want to make a portfolio called 'real life.' i want photos of fat old couples helping each other stand in the foamy aftermath of a gentle wave. or a shot of an extreme skateboarder or BMXer the minute he loses the tournament, from the vantage point of whatever newest bloody injury he's sustained. i want photos of average girls putting on mascara; one eye already heavily decked, the other the way it really appears. i want to capture the moment when a middle-aged woman first looks in the mirror after having plastic surgery or liposuction done.
mostly, i would want photos of ordinary women, living real lives. fuck the fact that my beautiful 20 year old sister is 'too old' to enter the modeling profession.
**the cliche of a 'real life' portfolio has been duly noted, and i don't care. at least i didn't include an artsy shot of my own feet walking somewhere dismal.