Perspective

I was never a fan of mirrors. Most cameras do see a reflection of the world, you never see the world, but an image reflected in a mirror. It’s kind of surreal and I never related to the SLR philosophy. When I was in college film still reign and I did the whole Photography course with a classic Olympus OM1 and a Zuiko 50mm f 1.8. It was a great exercise to know the limits, but I always wonder about different perspectives even with mirrors. The legendary Rolleiflex with it’s TLR design offered a different approach and instead of looking and pointing a camera to someone one would look down the waist to the reflected image. No wonder then that when Mirrorless cameras with an articulated LCD arrived I was hooked. One of the first creative exercises we had in college in Psychology was to experience a different perspective of the world. The blind experience, a child’s point of view or that of an animal. An exercise that to this day, 15 years later, I try to push forward while using these new tools that allow me not only to see the world in B&W but through my favorite perspectives.

João de Medeiros