Robert Beauchene

I was born in Poughkeepsie, NY in 1967. After graduating from Vassar College I had a career as a financial advisor during the .com boom of the 90's. After 9/11, I moved with my family to Wilmington NC and created a completely new life centered around my work as a professional musician, photographer and woodworker. My instincts trend toward abstraction and I take my inspiration from abstract expressionism and street photography. My ICM (Intentional Camera Movement) work attempts to keep the "subject" of the image a mystery while simply capturing the interplay of light, shadow and form that are present in a particular scene. I primarily shoot with a digital camera but employ very little, if any, computer processing to the photo after it has been taken. As for awards and exhibitions, etc...I have received plenty but I don't feel the need to catalog this recognition in some attempt at legitimacy. Art is valid or it's not - regardless of previous accolades.

B.A., Vassar College