I have two approaches to photography: prowling about with a camera, hoping to snap someone or something interesting; and, visualising an image in my mind's eye and working out how to create it. These approaches are interrelated and evolutionary. Serendipity inspires creativity and digital image processing bridge's the gap between chance and thoughtfulness.
My interests are broadly split between photoartistry and portraiture. Both can be visceral and evoke an emotional response but the former has less to do with replication.
In a world saturated, daily, with countless photographic images, there is less to say artistically about people or places. There is a need to find new ways to express our feelings about what we see through the lens; to challenge convention with the camera and create something new. Photoartistry draws inspiration from abstract art, expressionism and surrealism.
With portraiture, images can be creative or simply representational but they are unique to the person, time and place. My website www.denizensofdeal.com documents a street portrait project I began at the beginning of 2023. It provides a photographic insight into the lives of the people of the town of Deal in Kent.
My Hands Drawing (After MC Escher)