and the leaves that are green Photograph

Graham Rhodes FRSA is a writer and artist with over 40 years experience (he sold his first drawing in a Leeds art gallery in 1967) in painting, print making, graphic design, writing scripts, books, articles, and numerous other projects. He studied art at Jacob Kramer, Leeds & Harrogate Art College. He began working as an artist in the 1970s and took part in many exhibitions and galleries through the North of England, however for many years he stopped painting & drawing, preferring to create communications for the corporate world. In 2001 he returned to painting and in 2008 he took up digital photography. In 2009 he opened his gallery Aakschipper Images at 10 West Pier ScarboroughA photograph captures a moment in time but, by using digital manipulation that moment can be distorted to appear out of its time, to offer a sense of timelessness. This aging process challenges our notion of what we see, and underlines the concept that realism is, more often than not, what we think we are seeing rather than what is really in front of our eyes. My images are an exploration of perceptual realism - to observe the way that light reveals objects or locations and suspends them in an image that, at first glance, is timeless. Every shot is taken from the street - there are no posed shots. Each image is accompanied by a quote that came to mind as I manipulated the image. This quotation adds to the perception of the image and adds a second dimension hopefully make the viewer think deeper. The originator of each quote has deliberately not been named as part of the enjoyment of life is finding out things for oneself. This journey of exploration adds to the joy of discovering a deeper understanding of the photographic image.