Forward: Kyoto
“Japan is a country with a password. Everything has a code,” Naomi had said. “You’ll be happy here, as long as you don’t know the password.” (3).
It’s possible I needed to feel particularly chagrined about some invention or other. Neurosis has its idiosyncrasies, after all. The truth is, digital cameras made me feel like I was in reproduction hell. Nobody picks their shot. There’s zero waste. Anything can be deleted. Analog photography has to do with choice, the special treatment of a moment. Digital photography is an indiscriminate continuum where the decisive image doesn’t depend on willpower, but chance. (9).