Paul Rose Photorgaphy

I am passionate about photography because it facilitates a form of visual distillation. We can all see and recognize beauty in the world but photography allows us to distill what the eye takes in and produce a refined product that stands as a representation of the artist – emotionally, personally and artistically. This is what stimulates me to continue sliding along a learning curve. I still derive a child-like excitement when that light of first realization or even rediscovery shines suddenly in the darkness.

I photograph landscapes, architecture, man-made objects and abstract forms but my heart is always rooted in the landscape where producing a portfolio of thematic photographic work is more important to me than the making of individual images. My portfolios are associated through geography, time, idea, subject matter, philosophy, process or a mixture of all of these. My images are sometimes attached to words in the form of allegorical poetry or prose. The words may strengthen the images by placing them in context but they may also explain my viewpoints on various aspects of life or photography. By more deeply exploring the external environment and its effects upon me with the use of images and words I am ultimately making a statement about myself.

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