Exactly Repeatable Images

I've been having thoughts recently. After reading books at that photo book sale I mentioned around New Years. One of them is called French Primitive Photography, and talks about the photographers from France ~1850-1865. It's an old Aperture publication.

The idea that keeps reiterating in my mind is that their naiveté was something special to photography at that time, as it was so new to people. There was not really a distinction between amateur and professional.

That there was no syntax for their communication through photographs. That these "primitive" photographs are exactly repeatable.

One reason it keeps repeating in my head, I think, is because reading about them I found myself identifying with some aspects of that incredibly closely. It was actually of comfort to read about them... Except, what does it mean that I am "primitive" in 2015!?

These photos were from tonight. I had a whim to try out low key images. My primitive brain said GO! DO IT! And so I listened.. It was fun. I'm happy with what I found.