> whatever are everyone elses thoughts on authentic > space? > > steve Steve, might this refer to the difference between authentic to perhaps, contrived space? I have found the certain areas or places have a "feel" to them, a feel that I might try to cpature with a photgraph. These areas, to my sensitvity, are usually unique to their surroundings, are lit in a particularly enriched way and are all "authentic", if I read the definition correctly. I have tried to force a feeling with a photgraph and found it rarely works for me, sometimes the best photos are where you find them, a kind of photgraphic Tao. Just be the camera, open yourself up to the experience and let it happen. I like pinhole photography for that reason, "the ritual that ends in image", as someone on this list once put it so eloquently, to me pinhole is somehow closer to authentic ("purer", maybe?) than digital may be, but that's just me. I'm just an average, blue collar, work-a-day schmuck, little formal experience in either art or photography (some would say it shows), but I do know what appeals to me. I like the theory of it, something to keep in mind, thanks for the posing the question. David Walters