I have been a visual person all my life I started off with a Kodak Box Brownie, 35mm film cameras, darkroom for processing / printing and finally digital photography. I enjoy designing and building fine furniture or creating subjects to photograph such as still life, these generally have a theme or may be flower arrangements based on a specific style.

19th Century Gothic Art

I use photography as means of self-expression, I make images for myself and to express my interpretation on various subject matters that influence me. My goal is to use my camera like a looking glass into a past world or sometimes an unexplored world.

This series of images in my portfolio is based on 19th century gothic art that is slightly on the dark side.

Earlier in the year I was searching for ideas for a subject matter for the 2020 portfolio and by chance I watched an art programme on TV based on 19th century gothic art. After being intrigued with the programme I decided to base my portfolio on this theme. Before actually producing images, I carried out extensive research on the subject by researching articles, books,and the internet before experimenting with different layouts and effects

Images in flames of the night.

My approach to this portfolio is based on my belief that there are hidden images within many forms of nature such as clouds, trees, landscapes, rocks, shadows and flames etc. The more you look the more you find, just unleash your imagination. I based my portfolio on photographing flames in attempt to find shapes and forms hidden for a fraction of a second.

My flame images were most successful I believe at night, when they show the images within the flames to their advantage and evoke a sense of emotion for a hidden split-second and then lost forever. In the images on display I can see different animals or mythical creatures, in some cases I can see several figures within one image. To give more impact I mirrored the images together thus creating additional figures within the flames.

Nature offers an infinity of views in different conditions and light. There are great images waiting to be discovered. But it requires looking and letting your imagination go free and a whole new world of photography will eventually develop.

(im)possibility of anachronisms

Six photographs based on the (im)possibility of anachronisms in seventeenth century art.

Part of my process before I began to reimage these series of six subject matters was to study as much as I could about the relative seventeenth century paintings.

When looking at cultural perceptions over an epoch within the art world I have created a novel twist on the subject matters to create an anachronism. I have done this by emphasising changes that have occurred with respect of time, old seventeenth century subject matters with a specific error included.

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