Something Beautiful (again), audio slideshow

A couple of days ago David put up a post about ‘Something Beautiful’, a very personal photofilm by Ore Huiying. At the time I didn’t realize that Ore is one of the students I’ve been teaching at LCC (its a large group). I certainly know her now after she beat me up for not being critical enough of the students work.

The version of ‘Something Beautiful’ that we put up was really small. Here is a much bigger one. Ore’s statement is also a little subtle for thickos like me. The bottom line, this is about love and loss.  Letting go of Tasos. It’s about being a stranger in a strange land. Remembering someone who touched your life and learning to let go, or having to let go.

All the pictures are taken from the top deck of a London bus. And really, you need to listen out for Ore’s voice at the end. It wasn’t until I heard her that I felt genuinely moved.

(If you’re interested in producing photofilms join duckrabbit for the Photography Still Moving workshop in London on the 19th)

Something beautiful from Huiying Hu on Vimeo.

Huiying Ore – Something Beautiful:

“I’ve always love bus rides, and appreciate it even more as a newcomer to London.
As the city flipped past me like pages from a book, I slowly lose awareness of my
immediate surroundings and slipped into a dreamlike state. And my mind embarked
on another journey of its own, flowing constantly on a continuum between the
remembered past and the imagined future.

My objective to capture images that are in motion and present them as stills is
akin to that of my desire to halt my chaotic memories, and capture their unsteady
essence. As a passenger in the bus of thought, my imagination runs ahead of the
contemplation of passing events, and travels in the direction of the yet unseen
and unthought.

The result is a cathartic release of emotions, and a realization that the end of
something beautiful is to be treasured, and not to be mourned. ”