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.
My preferred photographic medium is black and white. I capture the images I create in color and then visualize most of the images in greyscale. I find the creative process of transforming a color image into greyscale is particularly exhilarating.
The techniques of my portraiture, in particular of musical performers, is inspired by Alfred Stieglitz. Most of the time, I emphasize the details of the performer’s facial expressions as they create beautiful music with their hands on an instrument. Other times I like to focus on the stillness of the instrument, as it contrasts with the the artist’s movements.
The techniques of my landscapes have been largely inspired by Stieglitz, Ansel Adams and Michael Kenna. Natural lighting, clouds and water moving at different speeds, contrasted with static scenery, create dramatic landscape 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. The static scenery’s emphasis is enhanced, while the naturally occurring movement of nature adds its own creativity to my image.
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 nine images. The first three images (entered as a series, "Black Beach Art") were awarded Honorable Mention in the International Photography Awards 2019, Category: Fine Art, Landscape. The first image, "Icelandic Sculpture" (also awarded Honorable Mention in Monochrome Photography Awards 2019, Category Amature Landscape) 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, "Afternoon Moonlight" 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, "Haunted Black Beach" was captured October 2018 during low tide as a stormy sky was clearing. The fourth image, Jazz Bass (Felipe Cabrera) was awarded Honorable Mention in the International Photography Awards 2019, Category: Event, Concert and Honorable Mention in the Monochrome Photography Awards 2019, Category: Amature Portrait.
The fifth image, "Alpenglow in the Dolomites at Sunrise", a panorama captured in the Italian Dolomites at sunrise (September 2015) won Bronze Award in the Epson International Pano Awards 2019.
The sixth image, "Approaching Paradise", captured from a helicopter over Na Pali Coast in Kauai, Hawaii (May 2013) won two awards: PX3 2013 People's Choice (Prix De La Photographie Paris), First Place, Category: Nature and Honorable Mention in Chromatic Photo Awards 2019, Category: Nature.
The seventh image, "Calm Costa Brava", captured at Cap de Creus in Costa Brava Catalonia, Spain after sunrise (October 2019) won 2020 13th Annual International Color Awards Nominee, Amature Category: Nature.
The eighth image of a woman in Cuba (as well as the first two above) were chosen in an international competition "Black and White 2019" from Lenscratch to be a part of a worldwide exhibit on YouTube. The women was 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 ninth and tenth images were chosen in an international competition "Sunsets 2019" from Lenscratch to be a part of a worldwide exhibit on YouTube. The eighth, Hazy Sunset in Chania (April 2018), captured a rare occurrence over that beautiful city in Crete. The ninth was captured in April 2018 right after a glorious home-cooked easter dinner in a small eastern town in Crete, Pacheia Ammos.
I have returned in October 2019 from visiting Spain's Costa Brava region and the Pyrenees Mountains. New images from my trip are in the Black and White section and Landscape section.
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.
My preferred photographic medium is black and white. I capture the images I create in color and then visualize most of the images in greyscale. I find the creative process of transforming a color image into greyscale is particularly exhilarating.
The techniques of my portraiture, in particular of musical performers, is inspired by Alfred Stieglitz. Most of the time, I emphasize the details of the performer’s facial expressions as they create beautiful music with their hands on an instrument. Other times I like to focus on the stillness of the instrument, as it contrasts with the the artist’s movements.
The techniques of my landscapes have been largely inspired by Stieglitz, Ansel Adams and Michael Kenna. Natural lighting, clouds and water moving at different speeds, contrasted with static scenery, create dramatic landscape 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. The static scenery’s emphasis is enhanced, while the naturally occurring movement of nature adds its own creativity to my image.
My intent is for the viewer's imagination to travel where the art piece may take them.
* * * * * * * * * *
The slide show at the top includes nine images. The first three images (entered as a series, "Black Beach Art") were awarded Honorable Mention in the International Photography Awards 2019, Category: Fine Art, Landscape. The first image, "Icelandic Sculpture" (also awarded Honorable Mention in Monochrome Photography Awards 2019, Category Amature Landscape) 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, "Afternoon Moonlight" 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, "Haunted Black Beach" was captured October 2018 during low tide as a stormy sky was clearing. The fourth image, Jazz Bass (Felipe Cabrera) was awarded Honorable Mention in the International Photography Awards 2019, Category: Event, Concert and Honorable Mention in the Monochrome Photography Awards 2019, Category: Amature Portrait.
The fifth image, "Alpenglow in the Dolomites at Sunrise", a panorama captured in the Italian Dolomites at sunrise (September 2015) won Bronze Award in the Epson International Pano Awards 2019.
The sixth image, "Approaching Paradise", captured from a helicopter over Na Pali Coast in Kauai, Hawaii (May 2013) won two awards: PX3 2013 People's Choice (Prix De La Photographie Paris), First Place, Category: Nature and Honorable Mention in Chromatic Photo Awards 2019, Category: Nature.
The seventh image, "Calm Costa Brava", captured at Cap de Creus in Costa Brava Catalonia, Spain after sunrise (October 2019) won 2020 13th Annual International Color Awards Nominee, Amature Category: Nature.
The eighth image of a woman in Cuba (as well as the first two above) were chosen in an international competition "Black and White 2019" from Lenscratch to be a part of a worldwide exhibit on YouTube. The women was 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 ninth and tenth images were chosen in an international competition "Sunsets 2019" from Lenscratch to be a part of a worldwide exhibit on YouTube. The eighth, Hazy Sunset in Chania (April 2018), captured a rare occurrence over that beautiful city in Crete. The ninth was captured in April 2018 right after a glorious home-cooked easter dinner in a small eastern town in Crete, Pacheia Ammos.
I have returned in October 2019 from visiting Spain's Costa Brava region and the Pyrenees Mountains. New images from my trip are in the Black and White section and Landscape section.
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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