ARTIST STATEMENT
I currently reside in New York City. My explorations around the world (to four of the seven continents), visiting and living with diverse peoples, and some of the most beautiful natural scenery our planet has to offer, has motivated my art.
I begin capturing color landscapes, panoramas and portraits, utilizing the light nature offers in the moment. Most of the time I visualize an image in greyscale (black and white). The creative process of transforming a color image into greyscale is particularly exhilarating.
The techniques of my greyscale images have been largely inspired by Alfred Stieglitz and Ansel Adams. In portraiture, my preference is to capture people doing something, especially in the performing arts, or people exploring their world. In landscapes natural lighting, clouds and/or water moving at different speeds, contrasting with seemingly static scenery can create interesting images. By manipulating a scene with longer exposures I seek to enhance tonal variations and complex textures transforming an interesting image into an unusual, unique and unworldly piece of art. My intent is for the viewer's imagination to travel where the art piece may take them.
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The slide show at the top includes six images. The first three images were my entry for an international competition "Black and White 2019". I was one of ten photographers picked to be part of the worldwide exhibit on YouTube. The first image was captured (October 2018) during a stormy sunset, a breathtaking scene on the black beach at Reynisfjara. The long exposure emphasizes the detail of a beautiful rock in the sea sculpted by nature. If you look close it appears like many hands reaching out. The second image was captured (October 2018) around noon. The beautiful and shapely clouds were backlit by the sun. The thickness of the clouds blocked much of the sun’s light. It appeared to be night time with a full moon glowing. The white grains in the black-volcanic sand were glistening, as well. The third image is of a women watching people on the streets of Havana (January 2019). I approached and asked for permission to photograph her and she happily obliged. While focusing on her eyes I noticed her beautiful hands.
The fourth image of the slide show was captured at one of my favorite places in the world: Kirkjufell mountain and waterfalls in west Iceland. It was shot during the midnight sun (around 2 in the morning) approaching the summer solstice in June of 2016. The second image was also captured after midnight at a quiet beach in the Westfjords of Iceland, also in June of 2016. The third image (October 2018) was captured at Gullfoss waterfall during one of the most incredible sunsets I've ever experienced; I waited for two hours for the clouds to part. They did right at sunset. (See the color version in the Landscapes section.)
I have posted more images of my most recent trips. My images of Iceland, October 2018, include some of the northern lights on the Landscapes 5 page. In January 2019, I visited Cuba for the International Jazz Festival in Havana; a number of street images captured during my visit are on People 3 page.
Now you can buy prints to many of my images at: www.kamfineartphoto.picfair.com
Picfair will ship your image anywhere in the world.
***I encourage all of those interested to leave comments/posts on my blog page.
I begin capturing color landscapes, panoramas and portraits, utilizing the light nature offers in the moment. Most of the time I visualize an image in greyscale (black and white). The creative process of transforming a color image into greyscale is particularly exhilarating.
The techniques of my greyscale images have been largely inspired by Alfred Stieglitz and Ansel Adams. In portraiture, my preference is to capture people doing something, especially in the performing arts, or people exploring their world. In landscapes natural lighting, clouds and/or water moving at different speeds, contrasting with seemingly static scenery can create interesting images. By manipulating a scene with longer exposures I seek to enhance tonal variations and complex textures transforming an interesting image into an unusual, unique and unworldly piece of art. My intent is for the viewer's imagination to travel where the art piece may take them.
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The slide show at the top includes six images. The first three images were my entry for an international competition "Black and White 2019". I was one of ten photographers picked to be part of the worldwide exhibit on YouTube. The first image was captured (October 2018) during a stormy sunset, a breathtaking scene on the black beach at Reynisfjara. The long exposure emphasizes the detail of a beautiful rock in the sea sculpted by nature. If you look close it appears like many hands reaching out. The second image was captured (October 2018) around noon. The beautiful and shapely clouds were backlit by the sun. The thickness of the clouds blocked much of the sun’s light. It appeared to be night time with a full moon glowing. The white grains in the black-volcanic sand were glistening, as well. The third image is of a women watching people on the streets of Havana (January 2019). I approached and asked for permission to photograph her and she happily obliged. While focusing on her eyes I noticed her beautiful hands.
The fourth image of the slide show was captured at one of my favorite places in the world: Kirkjufell mountain and waterfalls in west Iceland. It was shot during the midnight sun (around 2 in the morning) approaching the summer solstice in June of 2016. The second image was also captured after midnight at a quiet beach in the Westfjords of Iceland, also in June of 2016. The third image (October 2018) was captured at Gullfoss waterfall during one of the most incredible sunsets I've ever experienced; I waited for two hours for the clouds to part. They did right at sunset. (See the color version in the Landscapes section.)
I have posted more images of my most recent trips. My images of Iceland, October 2018, include some of the northern lights on the Landscapes 5 page. In January 2019, I visited Cuba for the International Jazz Festival in Havana; a number of street images captured during my visit are on People 3 page.
Now you can buy prints to many of my images at: www.kamfineartphoto.picfair.com
Picfair will ship your image anywhere in the world.
***I encourage all of those interested to leave comments/posts on my blog page.
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