Strange Itch....

A strange itch indeed. It is something that has been irritating me for months. You know what it is like - you know you mustn't scratch it but you just have to. Well I have resisted it for months but just recently it has got too itchy. I have just had the scratch it. So I have scratched it and you know what I just have to scratch again.

So what is this nonsense about? At the moment I am not at all sure. Anyway I have had this idea for sometime - to research the history of wildlife photography only I don't know if this is what I am interested in. You see I haven't yet really sorted out what I am interested in. My previous foray into historical research was a lot easier - a history of where I grew up but this is different.

So the story so far. Over the past year or so I seem to be making more photographs of wildlife than anything else. More recently I have started to think more deeply about wildlife or natural history photography, how it developed and its intimate relationship with technology. A relationship that is more profound than probably any other branch of photography. I now have the freedom to research a subject that there is a lot of books on but very few, if any, discussing the history. But is this what I want to do - write a book? No not really but I do want to try and place wildlife photography somewhere other than dismissed as not really art or serious photography.

So how to how to approach the subject? At the moment I am still not sure what the title is going to be. History of wildlife photography? History of Natural History Photography? History of Fauna Photography? I really am not sure. This, though, is not a problem at the moment. In the past I always had a clear idea what I am looking at going in but I am trying to be a little less restrictive this time. Will I finish it? I don't have a good track record over the past few years but I am in the fortunate position where that doesn't matter. This is for me not for anyone else so I can take my time and slowly unravel the story. So I'll just scratch things just a little from time to time.