EGOIST

サクラに代表されるように、花の写真と言えばピュアで聖域的で、

画角に人工物が入り込むなんてもっての外みたいな空気がある。
本当か？　花ってそんなに無垢か？
花の写真を撮る人は多いが私はほとんど撮らなかった。どう撮ればいいか分からなかったのだ。

フェンスや有刺鉄線など異物と絡んだそれらを試したりしたが結果は残念なものだった。
今朝ファインダーを覗いていてふと諒解した。
EGOIST
私を見よ、選べと、その美に楚としてエゴを隠しながら、種として、個として、生き延び、繁殖することに賭けている

私はラクになって、構図も設定も適当にシャッターに指を掛けた

Flower photography is often treated as something pure and beautiful. Cherry blossoms are the most obvious example.

Flowers are expected to be innocent. The frame should be clean. Artificial objects should not enter. A fence, a wall,

a wire, a trace of human construction — all of that is supposed to be removed.

But why?

Are flowers really that innocent?

Many people photograph flowers. I almost never did. I simply did not know how to deal with them.

I tried photographing flowers caught in fences, wires, and artificial structures, but the results were mostly disappointing.

This morning, while photographing this flower, one word came to me:

EGOIST.

Flowers have pride.
Flowers want attention.
Flowers want to be chosen.

They are not just pretty things. They are organs of display, desire, and survival.

I did not think much about composition or concept. I barely checked my settings. I photographed it easily, almost carelessly.

Maybe that was why it worked.