One of the things where I wish I had some more inspiration is in the area of photography projects.

I’m constantly in awe of people like David Maisel, whose projects include things like Asylum (all taken in the desolate /defunct Oregon State Hospital) and Library of Dust, also taken at the Oregon State Hospital.  Maisel’s “About the project” page explains

Library of Dust depicts individual copper canisters, each containing the cremated remains of patient from a state-run psychiatric hospital. The patients died at the hospital between 1883 (the year the facility opened, when it was called the Oregon State Insane Asylum) and the 1970’s; their bodies have remained unclaimed by their families.

I find these projects fascinating. There are countless others that have no hold over me at all – but they all have a hold over their photographers, and to me that’s the important thing.

I’ve got a couple of ideas for long-term photography projects, but I still need to find the inspiration, the urge, the project that takes a hold on me, rather than being “just” a project to get involved in.

Maybe that takes time, that as the project goes from “just” a project to something that needs to be completed. I don’t know. I wonder if I’ll ever find out.