Quiet Solitude In Monochrome

Abstract Views Offer Meaning And Understanding

“Lines, Light, and Shadows” — Image by Author

Photographs are said to tell stories. Stripped to shadow and light, an alternate version of these stories is created. Monochrome adds another dimension through subtraction.

Images can be altered through both addition, and subtraction. Removing information will illicit an alternate response. This response moves from the intellectual to the emotional.

“Darkened Windows & Reflected Shadows” — Image by Author

As a photographer, I make images of a wide variety of subject matter. It is the work that creates an emotional response, that stays with me.

A pretty picture is just that, a pretty picture. Our world is full of them.

Pictures stripped to their essence, conjure emotions, feelings, and questions. They serve as metaphor. They ask me to think deeper in my pursuit of understanding the world, and my world.

“Broken Corner” — Image by Author

This simple view of broken stone asks me to dig deeper. Do I have broken corners in my life? Is there a reason I…