New Binhammer Photography - a photoset on Flickr
Was working on some photos in the "digital dark room" as part of the holiday break. I updated the previous uploads over at Flickr, and began a new set for the emerging Texas work.
At the same time, I reviewed an "old" artist statement from an exhibit at 70NW in Pennsylvania and thought it was appropriate as ever, so decided to share it and post here. Part of these posts taking a little turn for the holiday season.
Binhammer Photography Photo Statement, 2005
While it is common to base notions of photographic art on capturing that “decisive moment,” I prefer to think about the photograph as a means of creative expression. The image is put together in a manner that turns the everyday into something more. The things we take for granted have the potential to become a dream and a place in our mind to venture. A captured moment of reality becomes a place to explore, a path to realization, a place of quiet solitude, rather than a specific time and place in reality.
This series of twelve images, “The End of Summer,” is meant to provoke contemplation about the possibilities and opportunities of what is so often considered the “dormant” season. By shooting black & white and color infrared images I hope that the photographs beg questions about there being something more here than usually meets our eyes and assumptions. For example, the stream of light, the place might be a spot in our imagination, or they might make for something beautiful and unexplored or to be explored.
Hope you enjoy
2 comments:
I love the photos. When I wrote and my wife Kay photographed our first book, we, too, used black and white. There is something very romantic and mysterious in its simplicity.
Lewis, bizsolutionsplus
Great to know you have an artistic side! I also agree about the allure of black and white photos. It could be because the eye tries to interpret the scene since it isn't in colour.
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