Smearing literalism
Submitted by sam on Thu, 08/12/2010 - 10:16
As an antidote to the slavish literal-mindedness that any career reporter is bound to develop over time, may I suggest the digital camera? Specifically, one on which you can disable the flash, allowing for longer shutter speeds, and which you can then take cruising around the old Route 66 in Flagstaff at sundown? Because it's amazing how the world looks to a malleable but still highly literal machine.
Flagstaff, Arizona: Night of Aug. 11, 2010
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I shot some long exposures for journalism per se, yesterday. I don't expect it will get me kicked out of the newsroom like it once would.