Beacon Tree Print

The images tell a story. They're like a brief Haiku poem that has a beginning, middle and end - a form of journalism and art. Always different in subject or mood. Unlike most photographs, they have added elements – details to express their subject. And like art and poems, some are sensible some nonsensical, some detailed description or color-filled shapes. Some are carefully engineered, some splashed into place. They say what they need to say in a unique or a familiar way. Hope you enjoy the subjects. I spent over 25 years as a film producer. Took up digital photo art fairly recently. Aside from film style visuals, photography was something I rarely enjoyed. It wasn't film. The photo pieces weren't edited together like film. So I had to change that - think it out - because of all the years of film. Some image tries were like completing a sentence that somehow did or did or didn't hang together. Of course, some successes and some not-so successes at first. I have a number of image-likes, as we all do. Among other things, I have an enjoyment of water images – ocean, rivers, streams – even puddles…and trees, of course. Doesn’t matter really. And then there’s the Philadelphia Italian Market eBook. I like the market. It’s the oldest – 100+ years – in Philadelphia, and cooking is a hobby. I wondered what I could do photo-covering the market. It’s one of those places everyone photographs the heck out of and the irritated vendors throw rotten fruit and vegetables at the camera person hanging around – or they ask for a talent fee. There were press photogs, people taking photo classes that get the market as an assignment, and travelers always taking photos. So I joined the crowd & took photographs. I developed something akin to film production. Or put another way, tried to edit the photos into a visual story with a little humor. I had to laugh. Then decided, since I did that, I’d develop it all further into a book – an eBook. Only took a little over 2 years to complete. The photos took longer than the words. I need to call it Photo-Art. It’s both-but-neither in my view. You’d think finishing about 40 photos wouldn’t take anyone very long to complete. NOT! How about 2 per month over 24 months. Many awards coming my way. One of the pieces was selected out of 700 hundred entries for a 35 piece exhibit. Another selected out of 3000 entries for a 117 piece exhibit. That was a WoW for me. These were US–wide, and two states-wide exhibits.