Description
The first to own this NFT will receive a signed print* of this artwork from my international award winning collection.
Shot on the black sand beaches of Stokksnes on the South Eastern coast of Iceland. My first attempt at a black and white photo set, one of my favorites to date.
As a multidisciplinary artist, photography is my most recent exploration. After working as lead designer for a circus in Vegas, I was seeking something new. I bought a one way ticket to Iceland and a DSLR. Now one of my greatest passions, I haven't put the camera down since. For the last three years I've traveled from California to Iceland, Maui, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Peru, and Mexico capturing the beauty of the feminine form juxtaposed and mirrored in nature. I've made so many memories, so many friends, and connected deeply with the lands I've explored. The energy of the whole experience shines through in this collection.
The core of this series, the true beauty and what continuously brings me back, is a peculiar trance I experience when in the creative flow. I've come to see it as a fundamental ingredient in creating powerful art. It's rare, it's hard to find. It's a constant reminder and a practice of seeking inspiration rather than waiting for it to strike. The process is active, fluid, in motion, an alchemy of sorts. The goal of which, the crossroads where art unfolds, is a phenomenon I like to call Alignment.
The concept is especially relevant in photography. After studying many years as a painter, it was clear that the artist is always confined to creating within a frame, the canvas. What I find unique about photography is that the desired image already exists as a moment in time. Nature can be seen from every angle and all points of observation, at all times, in all seasons and states of light. and the artist's job is to frame it and capture it in their own way. Working with art models adds a whole new layer of influence, both of their self expression and of the artist's placement and direction. Alignment occurs when both the model and photographer enter a collaboration with nature's ancient beauty. The synergy is like a doorway to timeless beauty, during Alignment it yawns open, and on the other side is something deeply moving, something that precedes language, the essence of art.
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*20x28" Printed on Hahnemühle Photo Matte Fibre Paper
