Piece description from the artist
I have been shooting and making black and white photographs for over 40 years, many years in my dark room, and for the past 5 years on my computer and printer. To me, black and white images have tonal, emotive, and magical properties that color images often lack. With color removed, the black and white photograph is about the raw composition of the image, the quality of light, and the specific mood desired by the artist.
This image was taken of an ancient tree on the banks of the Sudbury River in Massachusetts. Since it was mid-fall, the river was quite low leaving the root system exposed.
Having trained on a large format view camera in the 1970’s where each photograph takes 10 minutes or more to compose and shoot, I learned to slow down, look carefully, and pay attention. This photographic process taught me to carefully observe and then photograph the complexity of nature and everyday objects and capture the subtleties of shape, color, shadows and light and other intriguing visual features, that might otherwise be overlooked. The resulting images make the viewer look carefully as well while asking questions, such as: What is it? How far away am I? What time of day is it? Is it a real or a manipulated image? I assure you that all these images are real, unmanipulated, and represent a moment in time preserved through my camera.
While I am primarily self-taught, I have learned a great deal over the last three decades from fellow photographer friends and colleagues and a few photography courses . Over the years, I have also been influenced by a wide variety of gifted, dedicated, and inspirational photographers and artists.
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