'…The camera should be used for a recording of LIFE, for rendering the very substance and quintessence of the THING ITSELF, whether polished steel or palpitating flesh.' ~ Edward Weston ~
My intention as a photographer is to look out on life with fresh eyes, available to see and experience the beauty in what simply ‘IS’... in each moment. Awakening a desire to look and see something I have never seen before. Something that may have been unnoticed, even though right in front of me.
I am drawn to textures and patterns, light and shadow, gesture and essence. Relationships and juxtapositions. I tend to see in metaphor. Seeing things for both what they are and what they are not. It doesn’t matter what I think about what I see, but rather 'how' I see what it is that I am drawn to. A place that is emotion and excitement driven…a place where thoughts take a back seat to feelings.
It is what I want for myself. To continually look out on life with new, beginner, eyes. To be curious. To be engaged! To be excited and amazed! It is, I believe, what helps us to grow as human beings.
'Photography’s greatest difficulty lies in the necessary coincidence of the sitter’s revealment, the photographer’s realization, the camera’s readiness.' ~ Edward Weston ~