THE SEARCH FOR QUIET
I have brought together a body of work I call “THE SEARCH FOR QUIET”. i am drawn to images that have that quality, images that feature a more evocative style, and hopefully encourage the viewer take more time to fully enjoy them. I aim for feelings and emotions more than traditional subjects in this body of work. Whether it’s a lighthouse, a lone tree or a foggy scene, one thing they have in common is a sense of quiet. French Composer Claude Debussy was credited with saying “music is about the space between the notes”. He said it was that space that gives the notes their shape, rhythm and emotional resonance. I think photography is similar. Often, the thing that makes a good photo is not what we include in the frame, but what we leave out. I desire “quiet” in my photography just as I do in my life.
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