John Dominick
A protracted affiliation with pictures implies that I typically attain for a digicam as my most well-liked technique of expression. Having felt that a lot of these makes an attempt appeared to lack one thing I’ve concluded that I worth the expertise over the artistic consequence. Though I’m wondering if I take advantage of this as an excuse for my, typically, questionable output. Pictures continues to show me to see the world in a extra fulfilling and deeper approach. It’s a software of artistic expression that has led to many adventures, alternatives and friendships, in addition to various frustrations.
A present from the ocean is how I really feel about sand ripples. Every tide leaves, in infinite varieties, a signature of wave vitality. Some are a murals in their very own proper, it nearly looks like plagiarism passing them as my very own work. It fascinates me to assume that the majority won’t ever be seen by human eyes, many carved and erased in the course of the dead nights and on remote distant shores. At occasions I’ve stood in awe of their complexity, as if all of the mysteries of the universe are written within the sand, a mystical, algebraic system, defying and redefining the legal guidelines of physics.
A favorite vacation hang-out of mine is Harlech Seashore in North Wales, its huge expanse of sand appears to be the right canvas for these water hewn artworks. For the photographer, the miles of sand implies that many stay pristine between tides. Nothing is extra jarring than a set of measurement 10 wellington boot prints amid geometric perfection. I’ve typically discovered myself alone on the seashore, particularly throughout winter months and on the finish and starting of the day. This serves to boost the immersive and contemplative nature of our craft, main solely to additional marvel of the weather and the transience of this oceanic artistry. These photos characterize a small choice of my assortment, one which grows with each go to. Shut-up research are favourites in addition to these extra expansive views, the reminiscence of their making nonetheless vivid in my thoughts. All are portrait format, as is the way in which I appear to largely see the world throughout the confines of a rectangle. One thing that’s been questioned and mentioned at size, together with some good-natured banter by photographic colleagues. It’s all the time reciprocal.
In the end, for me, the expertise comes earlier than the picture, the picture should all the time be born from that have in any case. Though, so far as experiences go, time spent on a shoreline is rarely wasted, regardless of the photographic consequence.
Tendrils
John Dominick
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