DATE & TIME
Thursday, February 18, 2010 / 3:30 PM
CATEGORY
STUDY
LOCATION
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
The other day I was working on Hanker, a non-disclosure design project. Feeling a little overwhelmed with my to-do list before leaving for Mexico, I looked up from my computer to take a break. I found myself staring at a disregarded wire-binder. I hadn't really noticed it much before and started to think about my college Book Design class. For some of my book-making projects I used the wire-binder. This particular one was no different than others I had seen before. It was nothing but an out-dated device plainly designed like every other piece of office equipment in the early nineties. However, I felt inclined to get my camera out.
Seeing it through my viewfinder, I no longer saw an ordinary machine. I saw creamy bokeh, repeating patterns and repetition, perspective lines, and the perfect amount of exposed light. When I chose my focus, each repeating pattern softened one after the next.
I only needed one photo.
It was as if that wire-binder was revealing to me what no one else had taken the time to notice. Each one of us has our own beauty and light. Sometimes it's all in where we stand and how we dial in.
AUTHOR
Ariel Nebeker
TAGS
BOKEH
CORNISH COLLEGE OF THE ARTS
HANKER
MEW DESIGN
SEATTLE GRAPHIC DESIGNER
SEATTLE PHOTOGRAPHER
WIRE-BINDER