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As an architect and planner who has been taking pictures since childhood, the scenes I see have enriched my professional as well as my private life. Photography is one outlet for my creative impulses. The act of perceiving a scene as interesting heightens my sense of living - both emotionally/spiritually and rationally. Sometimes it is the content of the impressions which surround me that become the image - a sort of photojournalism; at other times it is the visual composition which lures me for its artistic impact. And on rare occasions I am able to "catch" the two combined. Photocompositions are simply another way of representing these views, in their juxtapositions creating new imagery, new forms. The Zakim Bridge series represents my reactions to light hitting very strong forms. The forms, captured on film, become one-time compositions as well as records of the fleeting moment during the construction process of this impressive engineering endeavor. I find that very often the filigree impact of the construction process is more fascinating than the finished product, both visually and in reality - the latter because the construction process embodies life, while the shape or shell of the finished product is essentially lifeless, even though it may form the setting for other life processes (traffic flows in the instance of the Zakim Bridge). In all cases, I attempt to balance the color information with the contrast information (black/white) in the image, which dilutes both ... but which may also entice the viewer to become "hooked" or seduced via either approach, to ponder how s/he responds to the myriad impacts of the real world, of Life. |