Getting unstuck

It’s been a few years since I last published a coherent photographic project. The last one was “Where the Story Begins”, which attempted to tell the story of the sometimes chaotic early days of T.’s and my relationship and marriage. After we got married, we focused hard on building a life in London, and then we had kids. I told myself that while the kids were little, I would focus on shooting, rather than editing work. Editing1 requires long stretches of focus time, which is just not available when you have small kids. So I’ve been accumulating photos, and I fell into what I think is poor photographic hygiene: I neglected my photo library to the point where it became an unmanageable mess. Usually, when I import photos into my library, I do at least a first pass, reviewing all the images I have just imported, putting a 1-star rating on those that feel like they would deserve a second look later. Later, I look only at photos with a 1-star rating, and further narrow the selection down by…

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