The Nature of Photography
I approach photography in a similar way to drawing. Exploring its immediacy and an intuitive process, I often use photographs to remove the presents of "place" and create a newly abstracted space for the viewer to move in. Through composition, emphasizing texture, and editing I try to reference the mark-making that is inherent in drawing.
By selecting natural forms as subject, I allow myself to explore movement, space, and composition that is present in our environment. These aesthetic elements often have a physiological reaction within the viewer.
I do not try to capture a moment. Nor am I looking for beauty in the mundane. Through image making I am able to create new moments between myself and the image, and more importantly, the viewer and the image. What happens there is immediate and the focus of this work.
By selecting natural forms as subject, I allow myself to explore movement, space, and composition that is present in our environment. These aesthetic elements often have a physiological reaction within the viewer.
I do not try to capture a moment. Nor am I looking for beauty in the mundane. Through image making I am able to create new moments between myself and the image, and more importantly, the viewer and the image. What happens there is immediate and the focus of this work.
© Math Monahan
