The Artist Makes the Medium

"The use of the term art medium is to say the least, misleading, for it is the artist that creates a work of art, not the medium. It is the artist in photography that gives form to content by a distillation of ideas, thought, experience, insight and understanding." (Edward Steichen)

Once again, this time at a friend's recent wedding, photographer Khara Plicanic has managed to capture the most fleeting moments and interpret them in her trademark style. Exuberant, thoughtful and always lovely, Khara's photos are a distillation of the most essential moments in life. I find myself returning again and again to her blog to see the most recently posted shoots...finding in them a small peek at the vast geography of human nature. Somewhat voyeristic, perhaps, but isn't that what photography is--a small window into lives not our own?