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| "The real essence of art turned out not to be something high up and far off. It was right inside my ordinary daily self. The very way one greets people and expresses oneself is art. If a musician wants to become a fine artist he must first become a finer person. If he does this, his worth will appear. It will appear in everything he does, even in what he writes. Art is not in some far-off place. A work of art is the expression of one's whole personality, sensibility and ability." -Shinichi Suzuki |
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Tim Buckley: Artist's Statement "My brother brought back from his Army year in Korea a twin-lens, medium format Yashika-Flex and gave it to my sister. She'd had polio as a child and, for the rest of her life, had little use of one arm and limited use of the other. She didn't consider for a moment trying to manhandle the various settings on such a camera - the focus ring, f-stops, shutter and film speed knobs. 'What was he thinking?', she asked when he was out of earshot.
The photos here were all taken with an Olympus 'point-n-shoot' with a 35-140mm zoom lens. Yes, egad, film! I'm perched on the brink of digital investment but haven't yet been ready to pry myself from a decades-old relationship with trusty Nikons."
"A friend's dazzling collection of woven textiles, pottery and alebrijes - carved and wildly painted animals - stirred my interest in Oaxaca, Mexico. The culture, its people, the landscape and cuisine keep calling me back. The city of Oaxaca, with approximately 250,000 people, is a hub for arts and indigenous culture predating both Aztec and Maya. A string of archaeological sites, spanning two millennia, stretches across the high, dry valley to the east and west of Oaxaca. Perhaps the russet tones of people and place unite these images, drawn from a palette of plant dyes and tiny parasites, called cochineal. Despite being among the economically and poorest of Mexico's states, Oaxaca is rich in celebration and authenticity." |
I took the camera and a bag of
120mm B&W film on a cross-country hitchhiking trip from
New Hampshire to Alaska one summer and got totally
enthralled - with the camera and Alaska. That
turned into a college minor in photography and 15 years
work in Alaska - a few of them as forest fire
photographer for the Bureau of Land Management.
Too much behind the lens - and way too much dark room
work during the long Anchorage winters - conspired
against my staying with photography as a profession.
I managed to salvage some diminished passion, and use it
these days chasing images as a hobby.
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