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    André Kertész. Washington Square (Tracks in Snow), February 24, 1966
    Credit: Heritage Auctions

    In “Washington Square (Tracks in Snow), February 24, 1966,” Kertész revisits a setting that closely resembles his other works. This practice of elevated perspective and returning to familiar settings was a well-known trait of his photographic st…Read More

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    André Kertész. Washington Square Park, January 9, 1954
    Credit: Heritage Auctions

    André Kertész, a Hungarian-born photographer, carved out an illustrious career that spanned over seven decades, continuing to be active well into his nineties. Celebrated for his intuitive sense of composition and his capacity to make ordinary scenes ext…Read More

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    Juxtaposition: To place side by side unexpected colours, shapes and ideas

    JUXTAPOSITION

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    Louis Stettner. On a Dutch Ferry, 1958
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    Louis Stettner was an American photographer known for his sensitive portrayal of everyday life. His images often tiptoed between street photography and photojournalism, capturing the essence of the world around him.

    In “On a Dutch Ferry, 1958,” Stettner presents us with an…Read More

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    Dorothea Lange. Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California, 1936
    Credit: Library of Congress

    Dorothea Lange’s “Migrant Mother” is a photograph that most of us have come across at some point, even if we didn’t know its name or the story behind it. Taken in 1936 during the Great Depression, Lange was on a commission for the U.S. government, tasked with…Read More

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    Photography for me is not looking, it’s feeling. If you can’t feel what you’re looking at, then you’re never going to get others to feel anything when they look at your pictures.

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    Alfred Eisenstaedt. Children at a Puppet Theatre, Paris, 1963

    Alfred Eisenstaedt’s photograph “Children at a Puppet Theater” transports us to a moment of pure, unadulterated emotion. Taken at the Guignol puppet show in Parc de Montsouris in the Tuileries, Paris, the image captures children reacting to the tale of Saint George and the Dragon at…Read More

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    Henri Cartier-Bresson. Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare, Paris, 1932
    ‘The Man Jumping over a Puddle’

    Capturing the perfect moment is like catching a firefly in a jar; timing is everything. Henri Cartier-Bresson’s photo, “Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare, Paris, 1932,” is a classic example. The image freezes a man in mid-air as he jumps over a puddle,…Read More

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    Photography is not like painting. There is a creative fraction of a second when you are taking a picture. Your eye must see a composition or an expression that life itself offers you, and you must know with intuition when to click the camera. That is the moment the photographer is creative. Oop! The Moment! Once you miss it, it is gone forever.

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About Me

Photography is an art medium that speaks to me the most as an outlet for my creativity. I especially love landscape and architectural photography. Landscape photography gives one time to think, discover and create. It gives me great pleasure to find silence, solitude, simplicity and sometimes coincidence and surprises in nature.

Over the years I have discovered I am naturally draw to black and white (B&W) images, especially in B&W architecture. The biggest reason, other than the timeless appeal of B&W, lies in the fact that B&W architectural photography, by its nature, gives me more freedom to depart from the visual reality. Therefore, for me, the joy of being creative comes from identifying the underlying beauty and potential from a more visible and obvious colour reality, then transforming it to a black and white vision. This holds true for landscape photography as well.

My use of natural light, tonal contrast, colour, texture, and movement are the qualities I look for when I am out there and what makes my images unique. Through my images, I want to offer the world my perspectives and express my connections with the subjects that I capture.

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