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David Bruce
I have been taking photographs for over 25 years. In this time the technology of photography has changed – but the essence, the fun and the challenge of photography remain the same. The camera is simply a faithful tool for recording whatever you put in front of it – although it can see the world quite differently, and time doesn’t have quite the same meaning for a camera as it does to you and I!
A camera puts a frame around a part of the world, and asks you to look at just this small section. This allows a photographer to invite you to see this part of the world in a particular way. Sometimes the viewer agrees with the photographer, and sometimes they don’t. Either way, both are entitled to their opinion. What makes a photograph work is when, by putting a frame around a particular subject and a presenting a particular point of view, the final image is somehow ‘more’ than what was there, and doesn’t loose anything by the framing (Australia’s wide open landscapes don’t always lend themselves to being framed like this). It also helps if the final image has that intangible ‘pleasing’ feeling.
My particular interest is landscape photography, though I also have an interest in abstract and impressionistic photography. I love the panoramic format in Australia – a long flat format for a long flat landscape – and many of my landscapes are in this style.
I also love to travel, and to photograph what I see. Whenever I see an image of a place I’ve been it instantly takes me back to the moment in time, and the feel of the place. For most photos I can remember the precise details of what I was doing and why I took the photo in the way I did. In this way, my photos are a kind of time capsule, allowing me to always go back to the places I’ve been.
Email: davidbruce@e-wire.net.au
Articles by David Bruce
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Photographic Impressionism, 3/12/09 |
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