Week No. 5 - 5th February 2011

Marilyn - My Muse

This week's theme is muse and I have pondered long and hard on this. The definition in the dictionary is either 'to think about a subject' or 'a goddess that inspires poetry, art or songs'. The latter was what I thought a muse was, so I wondered who inspires me. The girls? I certainly take enough photos of them, I suppose they are really my models once a technique has inspired me. Who started me looking at photographs and appreciating them. Well it was Marilyn, I have loved her since being about 13/14. I remember having her posters on my wall along with Richard Gere and Frankie Goes to Hollywood! I love photos of her, reading about her life, watching her films and I have even drawn her in the past.

Looking at the stack of books (how much dust?) that I have collected over the years I can see why my bookcase is bowing and how I have come to love photos so much, I must of looked at thousands of her. I still love seeing new photos of her that I haven't seen before and am amazed that there are still photos out there that no one has seen yet.

Carl said I couldn't take a photo of a photo so I have taken one of my books instead, the book in the foreground is my first one about her and the reason I am potty about photography I think. Might not be the best photo ever but it shows my personal inspiration, now I have to put them all away without reading them. Don't worry, I'll dust them first!