PhotoGraphics begin with a digital image that captures
the light of an instant in space-time. That photo is enhanced, filtered
and layered until a new image and a new vision
emerges.
Let me restate an old Zen concept.
Before
I worked with PhotoGraphics rivers were rivers and mountains were mountains.
When I worked with PhotoGraphics,
rivers were not rivers and mountains were not mountains.
Now again,
rivers are rivers and mountains are mountains.
Who says there is only one way to see the world? Our vision is limited
to the visible spectrum of light and maybe things would look differently
through a variety of filters.
I revisited photography during the long, cold and beautiful winter of 2003.
I took my camera and my Jimmy and began to explore the Hudson Valley
with it's brooding bridges, historic buildings and glacial mountains.
After downloading the images into my computer, I accessed PhotoShop
Elements and began to play. The images took on news shapes and colors
until they either amplified or distorted the reality.
Then something happened. I began to see things differently. The
sky was not just blue but hundreds of shades of blue. Snow had color,
contrast, shape and texture. Bridges became works of art through their
structures and function. And trees. Trees are most interesting
when they have no leaves. You can see the fractal structure and their
influence on the other structures near by such an
benches. Trees were not just trees; but still only trees.
T.S. Eliot said it best:
We shall not cease from
exploration.
And the end of all our exploring
will be to arrive where we started
and know the place for the first time.
(Little Gidding)
As the year progressed, Susan & I explored historic
places in Pennsylvania and we wandered and marched through New York City.
It is my aim to present images in a new light so that we can see things again
for the first time. Please enjoy them.