David Crawford

My greatest joy as an artist is finding another world hiding in the familiar. Many of my images begin in ambiguity, inviting viewers to linger in puzzlement. Familiar forms gradually emerge. Puzzlement gives way to intrigue and, eventually, recognition—leading to awareness and delight.

I’ve experienced the way in which music can sculpt our emotions and delight our souls. As a photographer, I experience something similar when light sculpts the physical world into visual rhythms. Lines repeat; light becomes structure and movement.

My hope is to disturb reality enough that viewers have to participate.
Transformation is both the subject and method of my photography.

I am a self-taught photographer of many decades. My artistic muses are many of the early photographers of the 19th and 20th centuries. As an older student at University, I kept a darkroom in my student apartment in which I developed my prints. Working and studying were each full-time endeavors. My photography often came as a last priority. I was driven and completed my BBA in Finance in 3 years. Subsequently, I captured images as career and family would allow.

Recently, I was asked to Exhibit my work at a local Museum. However, after much research and serious consideration, I declined the gracious offer. Instead, I've chosen to pivot to Saatchi Art.