I refer to myself as a Fine Art Photographer. Some people describe Fine Art Photography as a nude shot in monochrome. Another description that is bandied about is out of focus images of uninteresting subjects. Here in the Southwest, some gallery owners would describe Fine Art Photography as scenes reminiscent of the glorious past. None of those definitions fit my work. I shoot nudes that may be incorporated into other works, but monochrome nudes are not part of the portfolio I would publish. My out of focus works, I discard. The past I find interesting, but not interesting enough to devote much time for my art.
Art requires an ability to convey emotional impact of some sort, nostalgia, joy, sorrow, love, etc., many of my images have that impact to me. My camera records images that I later process into the works you can see. Where most people consider photographs to be truthful renditions of a scene, I do not. Images that I produce take advantage of the lie of omission all printed images have, so as to improve the likelihood that a specific emotion will be recalled or felt. In other words, I exploit the lie and sometimes embellish it because abstracts of some objects are more interesting to me. I also combine images and parts of images, as a way of expressing communication with our surroundings
Art photography is more personal than commercial photography. Either one exhibits the character and style of the photographer, but when the photograph is produced for a particular client, the photographer becomes limited to making a technically masterful work that the client must like. A Fine Art Photographer produces works primarily for his own gratification, if anyone else likes a piece well enough to buy it, all the better! The work I exhibit is not produced with any specific goal other than to please me. I am glad to show it and if you like it enough to want it hanging in your home, contact me or visit my sales site at Fine Art America.