Martin Munkacsi, inspiration & imagination

"to see in a thousandth of a second that which the ordinary person passes without notice – this is the theory of photo reporting. And to photograph what we see during the next thousandth of a second. – that is the practical side of photo reporting."

Martin Munkacsi

The photo of these african kids running into the sea sparked some fire in the imagination of Henri Cartier Bresson which inspired him to take up photography.

So much of our imagination has been abducted by the lure of consumption. We are losing the ability to find wonder in the small simple things & the value in being. Do people spend more time watching TV rather than looking into the faces of the people they live with?

TV = Other people's images tempting me to consume other people's things.

Media concentration = promotion of mediocrity, blandness, faddism & hype.

I have decided not to get a TV ... But I like the Sopranos, Premier League Football, BBC News ...