Daily Nice

June 06, 2008 @ 8:40 AM - by Deeli

Book mark this. Photographer Jason Evan’s site has a new photo of somethingsomething every day. Just one a day, but everyday. It’s quick enough to click on every morning before you get on youtube and start talking shit on the slap forum. Mostly, it gets me on a good mood. Today is your rare chance to see who’s behind the thing, as today’s photo is of Jason himself. If you’re old enough to have been active on the London skate / music / fashion scene in the mid to late 90’s, you might know this chap as Travis. He was also my tutor for my final project when I was studying photography at the time. He hated my project. I still think it was probably the best thing I’ve done, maybe the best thing I’ll ever do, all because of the time in my life they remind me of.

There’s a great quote in Monica Ali’s “Brick Lane” that goes roughly like this: “When you’re young, everything is possible. But as you get older, you don’t need everything to be possible. You just want some things to be certain.” Technically, these photos are shite, but it goes to show that no amount of technical finesse will ever be a substitute for the personal memories stored in photographs. Because that’s what photos do best: They remind us of the past. Here’s a bit of mine. Jason’s is there for you to see, as it unfolds in the daily updates at Daily Nice. Enjoy.