Progressive Evolution

(Haiku by Dutch)

Once, the Earth was flat

Collective thought had its rules

We have been set free

Can I draw you in? 

My basic photographic view is visualizing and capturing the architecture and structure of objects in the world around me. It is what I photograph first on any trip, to any city, to any abandoned building or structure. But once the lines, curves, arcs and angles are seen and exposed, I look to see how those elements may look if I give them a sense of motion, a sense of mystery, a sense of possibly being imbued with energy and life. This different or sometimes new approach to seeing lines and elements that create a mysterious pathway throughout the image, leads the viewer to stop and ask him or herself more questions: what is it, where is it going, how was it made…and sometimes the viewer sees something totally different than what I saw in this creation. The images are highly abstractive in their composition, and it becomes gratifying to the maker if the viewer tends to move their head in different directions to gain a better perspective or understanding of what has been presented.

These images are single exposure, made in manual mode with LIVE view, the camera settings are set to the current lighting conditions and a combination of physical movements of the camera/lens, and body/hands is then determined. I generally consider the interplay of these minimalistic static elements and create a previsualized idea of what will be captured during exposure, how the lines/curves will be composed in a final portrait/landscape format. In the end this is the difference between what I saw and what I created.