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Ronald Stewart

Montreal, QC, Canada

Ronald is a Montreal based photographer who likes to photograph what he finds in his city and in the...

About the artist

Ronald Stewart

Joined In 2014

(4 Followers)

About the artist

Ronald Stewart

Joined In 2014

(4 Followers)

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Ronald is a Montreal based photographer who likes to photograph what he finds in his city and in the surrounding countryside.

"Fascinated by movie and still cameras from an early age, I eventually settled for the 35mm still camera by my twenties. Unswervingly passionate about colour work, I mostly snapped slides and printed them on Cibachrome. More than twenty years later, while in a bus terminal, I spotted a cool-toned black and white poster of a couple kissing under the lights of an illuminated tramway. This night photograph proved a sudden revelation for me as it captured an atmosphere that I knew could not be replicated, either technically or emotionally, with colour. I delved into a study of the masters of black and white photography: Doisneau, Bresson, Brandt, Kertesz and, in particular, Brassai. I learned to appreciate the beauty of the tonalities and the apparent simplicity of this medium. A move into medium-format photography was indicated. And now, whenever I have doubts about my work, I always refer back to the prints of these masters for subtle hints of what might be missing in my own. I'm also a perpetual student of the masters of painting and believe that, to some extent, this has also influenced my photograp...

University: History