24 Exposures Page #4

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I just want you to get

your stuff and get out of here.

I'm sorry.

Yeah, heard it before.

How are you?

I'm good.

You excited about the shoot?

Yeah, yeah.

Actually, that's what I wanted

to talk to you about.

You know, it just occurred to me

the other day how, you know,

I've been hanging out

with Rebecca and all,

and, I mean,

it just kind of occurred to me

that this might be a good

starting point for her.

Okay, cool.

What would you have for her?

What would she be doing?

Well, I was thinking

maybe switching you guys out.

Oh, okay.

Like, you know, it just...

it just seems like we're gonna

be on the soundstage, and...

Mm-hmm.

It's gonna be

a controlled environment.

There's not gonna be a lot

of people wandering in and out.

- You know.

- Yeah. Totally.

That makes a lot of sense.

I think she'll be great.

- Yeah?

- Yeah.

Okay.

But don't get me wrong.

I want you there.

Oh.

You know, like, I want you

to be there to help out, and...

You know,

if you want to be there.

- Yeah, totally. No.

- Okay.

- Yeah, I'll help out.

- Okay.

I'm just actually gonna run

to the bathroom really quickly.

- Do you need anything?

- No, I'm good.

Okay.

Late night?

Maybe I should have some water.

I don't know how long

it's been in the backseat,

but go for it.

- Perfect.

- It's got electrolytes.

You know

what's an aesthetic choice?

You know, nature photos...

photos like birds and trees.

Yeah, but anybody can take that.

And most people, you know,

if you actually start looking

at what people do

when they first start

taking photographs,

it's... they always end up

just going to,

like, botanical gardens

or something.

If you ever go

to botanical gardens,

you just see all these, like,

photography journalism students

out there

with their cameras,

taking pictures

of the same goddamn plants

that everybody else

has taken pictures of.

You know, it's ridiculous,

'cause it's like,

why can't they just

go out to, like,

somewhere where people

don't photograph plants?

Instead people actually go

to locations

where the plants

are commonly photographed...

the exact same ones.

There's probably, like,

hard drives and hard drives

just filled with, like,

all the botanical gardens

across the United States

with the same goddamn plants,

year after year,

when they bloom and die.

You know what I mean?

It's ridiculous.

So, you know,

at the end of the day,

you know, doing

that kind of thing is easy,

and, you know,

pulling together the resources,

you know,

to get a crew together,

get makeup teams together,

to get everybody

all in on the game, you know,

to re-create a interesting...

maybe it's a crime scene.

Maybe it's, like,

a kidnapping scene.

Maybe it's, like,

some sort of, like,

weird sex crime gone wrong

kind of thing

in the midst of it.

You know, whatever it is,

you know, you're actually making

something interesting happen,

even if it is dark or whatever.

And that's just way more

interesting than, you know,

just going out

and taking a picture

of a f***ing tree

in your front yard or something.

You know?

I think photos

of flowers are nice.

I like looking at photos of...

You know, I'm sure

that there's photos

of flowers out there

that'll just blow my mind,

you know?

I just haven't seen them.

All right, all right,

well, why women?

Why is it all those dead women?

Why not some dead old guy,

you know, with, like, a...

Well, that's depressing,

you know?

It's not about them being dead

or beat up or anything

like that, you know.

There's just... it's just a spice.

You know, actually,

you know what?

It's ridiculous for me

to even try to explain this,

because it's not something

that I even think about.

It's just something that I do.

And that's what...

that's what you got to do

in these situations.

You can't say,

"Why am I doing this?"

You know, "Why, why, why?"

You just have to be like,

"Okay, I'm attracted to this,

you know,

and that's what I'm gonna do."

And that's pretty much what

photography, in general, is.

You know?

You just have to react

to something

that gives you some sort of,

you know...

some sort of, you know...

emotional feedback

that you can't quite explain.

You know, I don't... I don't like

looking at dead bodies.

I don't like... I don't like

seeing people

actually get hurt.

You know,

it's not like that at all.

Have you ever seen

a real dead body?

Um...

I mean, like, at a funeral,

not, like, just walking around

and stumble across one,

although I always thought

that would be kind of cool

to do.

You know what might be

a good fix for you?

What's that?

I don't know.

Have you just tried, you know,

smiling occasionally?

- You know?

- I Sm... I smile.

Like...

Let me see.

I'm not... there's nothing

to smile about right now.

I'm not gonna smile right now.

Well, see, that's the thing,

is, you don't need anything

to smile about.

You can just smile.

You know?

Well, what is that?

What's the benefit of that?

Well, it releases endorphins

or something.

I don't know.

You know, you smile,

you feel good.

You know?

And if you don't feel good,

I think if you get

into the habit of smiling,

you start feeling good.

I think you should just,

you know,

start practicing smiling,

personally.

That's the dumbest thing

I've ever heard.

Coming from Mr. Mopey over here.

Listen.

If you come near my girlfriend

again, I'm gonna kill you!

Kill you!

Okay, okay, okay.

- What's the matter?

- Damn it.

Nothing.

What's the matter?

Somebody busted out

one of my windows in my car.

What?

What happened?

I was just

walking up to the door

just a minute ago,

and, you know,

on my way up, I heard a noise,

and I turned around, and there

was somebody reaching in.

And, you know, I chased him off,

and, you know, that was that.

You know?

It's fine. I'm fine.

Car's mostly fine.

Did they take anything?

I don't think so.

You know,

I'm just f***ing annoyed

that I have to, you know...

It's just one more thing

I have to deal with tomorrow.

You know, I got to...

now I got to figure out

something to do

with this window.

Are you okay?

- Seriously, I'm good.

- I'm fine.

No, your heart's beating

really fast.

Are you sure you're okay?

I'm great.

Take the book.

Read your book.

Cuddle back up.

Just pretend

like I'm not even here.

Hey, look, just stay.

Come on.

You can't just break, like,

the car window of, like,

every new friend I have.

It's crazy.

I can't...

I mean,

how well do you know this guy?

I...what does it matter

how well I know this guy?

What do you mean?

I mean, these photographs,

I mean, they're sick!

They're not...

I don't think they're...

- Yes, they are!

- Are you kidding?

How do you know he's not

taking advantage of you, huh?

Because I talked to him.

He's my... like, he's...

He'll say anything!

Are you crazy?

You're talking about him

like he's, like, a monster

and I'm an idiot.

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