Now that we live in a seriously Techno-focused society, the word Glitch has become a frequent word to explain-away anything that has gone "wrong" during the execution of a non-human task (although its original meaning is broad). Anything that has created a "problem" (ie; an unexpected blockage/mistake/curse-worthy incident) based on the temporary disruption within/from/by a technical device, is a "glitch."
Most of us have used the term, which is handy to have in one's vernacular in the event of an embarrassing error we caused ourselves but prefer to ignore and are prone, instead, to point the blame-finger at an inanimate object which, in truth, at times does seem to have its own agenda and inexplicable way of doing things without our help.
More often than not, these little "glitches" occur because we don't quite know what we are doing with the digital camera or new cell phone or printer or game or the HD Flat Screen TV.....
But, alas, I say and have said for years, "glitches" can be fun! Unexpected mistakes are often the birth of a brilliance and innovation no one would have found had cheese not been left out in mild temperatures too long so that it grew mold which, given a creative mind and knowledge of Science, eventually was discovered to be nature's First Antibiotic known as "Penicillin."
So, in the spirit of how almost everything important in Life must have been brought to us through an "accident" of sorts, or, in new language, "a glitch," so it is that current/"new" art is benefiting from the deliberate play with a camera through the photographer's "glitches."
The plan for today's blog was to find something or somebody to Flog, of course. But, while on my way through the webs, my attention was diverted by a rather clever and oft-pretty (or otherwise unique) set of images hot-off-the-press of a Pro Photog's deliberate "glitches."
Had to ditch the flog and share: I Like It
Image via: http://yearoftheglitch.tumblr.com/
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