There’s only one statement that can rival the post modernist claims there’s nothing new under the sun: Everything is Original. By accident or not, this is the title of a short documentary movie by Christian Svanes Kolding featuring my dear friend Brigit, who is one of the most interesting people I’ve met online. She’s also one of the few photographers who don’t contaminate their shots with their own auras.

In photography, it’s easy to yield to all kinds of temptations. Facial expressions, decorations, light, sexiness, cuteness, tragedy – they all can be decent foundations for excellent work but if your main goal is capturing reality, their over-emphasis often results in huge, unnecessary distractions. That’s one of the reasons I never try to capture reality – my focus has always been on the blinding temptation and my aura is sticky like a lollipop.

Brigit’s aura however resembles one of those high mountain lakes – they are utterly remarkable and highly impressive, however when you bend over their cool surface, you see yourself, not the lake. In normal circumstances, she would be my arch-enemy. In abnormal ones, she’s to me what Austin Powers is to Dr. Evil. That’s why I love her.

You can see some of the results of the photo session in Brigit’s “Invisible People” set on Flickr.