Looking back..

I have no problem with nostalgia and believe its often what drives us to make photographs. We cannot photograph nostalgia, but we can certainly create it. Often people are criticized for being too nostalgic in their work, but so what. We all try to cling on to the past to some degree, be it mindfully, spiritually, or physically. I also have no problem with cliche. After all, its a cliche for a reason, usually because it looks good and people like it. The image above is both a cliche and nostalgic, at least for me. Just because there are many photographs of sand dunes, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t photograph them.