Sam Choisy is a personal friend and an artist The Luminous Landscape profiled last year. Sam is a French transplant to Canada who carries a very palpably French sensibility in his abstract, romantic, vibrantly contemporary art. His work is entirely singular and based on a unique and intimate method. Sam teaches his approach and philosophy, a hands-on, very immersive … [Read more...]
Dancing With Light: The Photographic Art Of Sam Choisy
When I finally get to work, the process is a dance: the beats of the strobe-light act like a metronome; the constant back and forth movement in front and behind the camera to check, the need to stay in motion in order to be as invisible as possible in the picture. The entire process is very physical and I think that shows in the work. Samuel Choisy is a French … [Read more...]
Believing Is Seeing – Insight, Meditation and Photography Part 1
Accompanying photographs are mine. The intention is to share some of my work which is conjured with the approach and spirit outlined in this essay. Intro: If we are lucky enough to have the gift of sight, we can express this gift to others. We can share and relate what we see and in so doing, discover how we see and more astonishingly just who is doing the seeing. … [Read more...]
Alley
The City of Bellingham, in Washington State, where I live, is a city of alleys. More precisely, the part of Bellingham that was built before the Second World War is a city of alleys, that portion of the city which lies more or less between the waterfront and the big highway that heads south to Seattle and north to Canada and Vancouver, arcing around the old core of Bellingham … [Read more...]
Rules, Disciplines and Other Talk
A Casual Conversation About Photography And Other Things Many of you may know Ted Forbes from the "Art Of Photography" YouTube Channel. He and I met at one of the Sony events a few months ago. The Sony events have allowed many of the YouTubers and other content providers to meet face to face and form some friendships. Ted and I really clicked (no pun) intended. We drank … [Read more...]
