Milan Kundera, from Slowness
Kundera's quote can be applied to photography through the simple idea that we attempt to slow down time by capturing moments on film that become our memories. Those memories that we do not want to have, we simply do not photograph them. In this way, we attempt to speed through our life without the materials to remember an unpleasant experience, while still keeping the memories we cherish most.
Kundera was born in 1929 in Czechoslovakia. While still in his teens, he was influenced by World War II, joined the Communist Party and was expelled for the second time for "anti-party activities" in 1970. He was committed to reforming Czech communism until 1975, when he gave up and moved to France.
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