- photography by dennis william gaylor
It has already been said by someone far more clever, that a snapshot captures a precise moment that is frozen in time for our inspection. While a long exposure creates an event that never existed before … these are loose boundaries of what a photograph can represent to the artist, or the casual observer, whether they are engaged in it’s creation, or viewing the result. Even by these guidelines it’s hard to catagorise what is to be expected. I find holding a camera accentuates one’s view, from the daily mundane, translating into a reflection of nuance. When it creates a moment’s worth consideration, it is then that I feel some success.

Any style has likely evolved from my own early facination in photography. The concept that a black and white image equates to a photo, while other media exploits colour, is as ingrained as any. The common flaws inherent in capturing light and motion; blur, grain, shadows, flare, perspective – our eyes do so much better than the tools we use, so in evoking these aspects can broaden our perception. We have yet to digitalise dreams, still, for all the reality we accept in this medium, it is better observed as a simulacrum of the original. If the photographer’s influence wasn’t a direct catalyst, then CCTV archives would have long replaced the photographers … this symbiotic blend of the camera and the artist is the formula that creates anew.

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