Why am I a Photographer?

In a conversation about life and career a friend asked me, “Why photography?”

I do photography for everyone who enjoys my work. I see things in the mountains; Visions. Stories written with light. Beauty so elemental that it stops you in your tracks. I want people to be able to own those visions, to have them on their walls, to be able go there whenever they wish.

The second question was, “Why make prints? You could be a National Geographic photographer with work like this.”

The print is the ultimate expression of photographic skill and artistry. Prints allow people to own the visions I create.

“Fine Art, right?”

Yes, but that term is over used these days. A truly fine print has substance. Everything about it speaks to its quality. Each element of the piece comes together to create a whole greater than the simple sum of its parts.

The paper is of the highest grade. The mounting and framing use techniques and materials pioneered by museums for the preservation of historical works. Within the art itself are layers of meaning. You can look at a fine print again and again, seeing new things each time. A fine print contains metaphoric meaning, sometimes more than one. It can speak of peace, adventure, freedom, intimacy, or tell a story. Fine prints have a luminosity that draws you into them. In short, fine prints are collection worthy on every level.