There has got to be a way to quantify the dollar value and inventory of camera film/memory used by people of Asian ethnicity versus people of every other background. We could think of it as a factor. Just on a hunch I would put it at something like 72.1 but that’s not backed by hard research data.
Its my suspicion that most people at one time or another have been walking down the street only to stop and wait for some tourists of said group to finish taking grandpa’s picture in front of a fire hydrant, with each of twelve cameras. Often times as I walk down wall st towards my ferry I observe several groups posing for photo ops just outside the NYSE. On several occasions when the opportunity arose I would quietly walk right up behind the group or subject and put on a great big goofy smile and wave(timing the shutter is an art). It’s great. They mostly just laugh if they figure out what happened. If they are really quick they start snapping away at me paparazzi style to insure that they have pictures of the guy who jumped in the picture.
Today on my way to work, aboard the ferry, a nice young lady was with who appeared to be her mom, dad, sister, niece and daughter. We were riding on the outside middle deck. The woman’s daughter was very young indeed. The baby must have been hungry because the woman sat down on the bench and began to breast feed her child. A beautiful scene to most. Human nature. Motherhood. Bonding with child. Nourishing. SNAP…SNAP….
Just as I was reflecting on the comfort this woman must have felt feeding her child with her own breast milk I noticed an Asian man taking photos of the snack session. I couldn’t believe it. How do you think he will explain that one when he gets back home and begins the two month long display of his photo memories taken on his three day journey to America?
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very interesting observation. i was just recently in chicago on business and thought i would take a tour of the Sears Tower (don’t do it if you have not already), and that is when i first came to the realization myself of the Asian fascination with image making. i had witnessed it before but not fully processed how often i notice Asians snapping pictures of things that seem to be of no interest or fascination. being an image maker myself i began to wonder…do they know something i don’t, are these what seem to be snapshots just your ordinary snapshot or are they creating something unique. new york, chicago they were everywhere with still cameras video cameras capturing anything and everthing. in the end i came to the conclusion that sometimes magic happens and you have this incredible picture with no effort that you want to show everyone enlarge and frame for your wall, all the others are just memories that you have created. no one can take them away. give it 5, 10 or 20 years you will be thankful for that ordinary picture of you your best friend or your family wherever it may have been. in time what was an ordinary picture will become soo much more.
so true
“Hey, Wang — what’s with the pictures? Its a parking lot for chrissakes!”