6/25/2007

Aesthete TV 2


Aesthete TV is pleased to bring you episode 2: Snapshots That Look Staged.

I had to sneak up on the butler/videographer to capture these, in one of those "hidden right in the open" spots in Central Park.

I'm sure countless episodes could be shot by parking a video camera with a telephoto lens on a hill, then panning and zooming in on secluded spots visible through the trees.  The spots are small stages, where people wander down paths or, sensing the distance and quiet just a few hundred feet from traffic, stop and relax. Or stop and videotape a picnic in their best butler attire.

That's an invasive idea, but what's powerful about the view is the sense of sharing a world at rest.  It's a deeply peaceful feeling to survey the world around you like an eagle, and feel it relax.