07/16/2026
I wanted to post this photo because it’s a photo, which is why I’m posting the photo. The reason I’m posting the photo is because the photo exists, and if a photo exists but isn’t posted, is it really a posted photo? That’s a question. Not the question, but certainly one of the questions.
Some people will look at this photo. Others will scroll past this photo. Both groups have technically interacted with the photo in different yet equally photographic ways. The important thing is that the photo remains a photo regardless of how photographically it is perceived.
I also considered not posting this photo, but then I realized that not posting a photo is the opposite of posting a photo, which would have prevented this photo from being posted. So here we are. Posting the posted photo.
The lighting was lit. The focus was focused. The composition was composed. Every photographic thing happened photographically in a manner that could only be described as… present.
You’ll notice the expression. That’s because there is one. If there wasn’t one, you’d notice that too, but for entirely different reasons that ultimately arrive at the same destination, which is noticing.
Black and white was chosen because color wasn’t not chosen in the way that black and white was chosen instead of the color that wasn’t chosen. It just felt like the kind of choice that makes another choice feel like it wasn’t chosen quite as much.
This portrait says a lot by saying exactly what portraits tend to say when they don’t actually say anything but somehow still communicate something that everyone interprets differently while agreeing it’s powerful.
If you’ve made it this far, congratulations. You’re now more informed than when you started, despite learning absolutely nothing.
Anyway… here’s the photo.
If you read this entire caption, I need to know what part changed your life the most. Be specific. I won’t know if you’re making it up. 😂
