Comments on: OKAY, I’M CONFUSED. OKAY.

By: Safiyyah

Safiyyah — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:34:54 +0000

As a recovering addict and photographer, I am blown away by your work. Keep it up!

By: Nat

Nat — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 03:15:18 +0000

Honey, we’re all confused.

Not by your work, by life. By stories like the ones you tell with these photos. Addiction is a hard cruel slave master, some people break free, some people don’t. It’s cruel and it’s unfair, and it’s a crap shoot. And that’s confusing, and I think it’s ok to be confused. (just run with it.)

All in all, the project and this post, shows a lot of heart… so maybe you’re just overthinking it. (Possibly one of my favourite posts.)

By: tony

tony — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:06:12 +0000

@ colin: “what are you confused about? It’s still not entirely clear.”

Yes.

By: colin pantall

colin pantall — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:11:18 +0000

As Kate says at the beginning, keep on - you should be confused, it is confusing and tragic and heartbreaking. But the story needs telling and maybe a linear visual documentation does not do that telling justice.

Visually, everything is boxed in within those streets - it’s disciplined and good photographic practice - but perhaps for the lives, deaths, hope and despair you are sharing, you need to go beyond that - with the words you are using here or with something else.

I don’t know - you decide. Let your confusion guide you. What are you confused about? It’s still not entirely clear.