Vernacular

I finally got around to seeing the Walker Evans exhibit at San Francisco Museum of Contemporary Art.  I knew of Evans images of poor farm families for the Farm Security Administration, but have seen little else.  His work capturing everyday images, or the “vernacular,” connected with me.  It is great to have the opportunity to travel the world and take photos of interesting places but there are so many interesting images the world presents to us every day.

The images above and below were shot with a Hasselblad X-Pan II with 40mm f4 lens on Fuji Pro400 film.  This was my first roll with this borrowed camera and I found it difficult to mind-compose panoramic images before lifting the camera to my face.  I suppose if you went out into nature you could capture some nice images of open spaces.  Street images might be interesting too.