Piece description from the artist
This photograph is from a series of images that I have been taking over the last 5 years. I regularly kayak on the Sudbury, Assabet, or Concord Rivers in Massachusetts. My favorite times are either before dawn or at sunset since the river is often calm, the colors more pronounced, and the light soft and subtle. This particular photograph was taken in the fall of 2014. The river was dead calm and the reflection of the clouds on the river was very pronounced and dramatic. It was my first image in this series.
Having trained on a large format view camera in the 1970’s where each photograph takes 10 minutes or more to compose and shoot, I learned to slow down, look carefully, and pay attention. This photographic process taught me to carefully observe and then photograph the complexity of nature and everyday objects and capture the subtleties of shape, color, shadows and light and other intriguing visual features, that might otherwise be overlooked. The resulting images make the viewer look carefully as well while asking questions, such as: What is it? How far away am I? What time of day is it? Is it a real or a manipulated image? I assure you that all these images are real, unmanipulated, and represent a moment in time preserved through my camera.
While I am primarily self-taught, I have learned a great deal over the last three decades from fellow photographer friends and colleagues and a few photography courses . Over the years, I have also been influenced by a wide variety of gifted, dedicated, and inspirational photographers and artists.
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