food shots: what does this make you think of?

your words "a story waiting to happen" for some reason made me think of instagram, and food shots. I have this idea that we take lots of food shots and photos like that, because the rules around photographing people are getting stricter and stricter. people you don't know will not be delighted when you take their picture - quite the opposite: they will probably be suspicious and wonder where that photo will end up, and if it will be photoshopped to make them look bad. well then, take photos of the people you know? that's not unproblematic either. I personally feel uncomfortable publishing photos of people I know, if I don't have their explicit permission. hence, the food shots, in which a story is implied, but the main characters are missing.

feathers: what does this make you think of?

with 30 chickens running around on the property, my life is littered with left behind feathers. i always feel there's something a bit forlorn about them, caught on a bit of a twig or lying on the ground, proof that a bird passed by, but silent as to the rest of the story. did a fox come by, did a cat try to grab it (that doesn't work, the cats get well and truly scolded), was one rooster fighting with another? you can't tell, just from one simple feather. a trace of a chicken, left behind, a story waiting to happen if you're willing to take a closer look.

traces: what does this make you think of?

your photo and your words were about motion, and how things are moving so fast. this made me think of the traces that are left behind. in this photo, there are the footsteps, but also the softer lines made by the waves. on the beach traces are created, erased and mixed together. if you always sit in one spot on your sofa, you will change the sofa and it will tell a part of your story. what if you always say the same things - will that leave a trace?
what does this make you think of?