The Utopian Photographer By Russ Barnes

http://russbarnes.co.uk/feature/the-utopian-photographer/

This article was written by a photographer who himself has been looking to find utopian moments in everyday life. Although he knows that a utopia can never exist he looks for utopian states in everyday. He is aware that utopia is a personal thing and that not everyone will share the sam viewpoint. Looking into the idea of utopia more has really interested me. He also talks about how drones are running this idea, they give us points of view in photography that we can't relate to because we aren't use to seeing it. To him we should be showing people moments that we capture that they can relate to because it would be something they would see themselves. Photographs taken on a drone don't seem as personal as ones taken on a camera. 






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