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Richard Greene united states
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The Old Atlanta Prison Farm
For most of my life I have been a touring musician, recording artist and educator specializing in the art of Bluegrass Fiddle. Additionally I have been obsessed with the art of photography starting as a young teenager, spending ecstatic hours in my bathroom/darkroom and I’ve never lost interest, fully embracing the digital revolution. My 4 primary musical goals have always been expression, innovation, technique and composition. In applying exactly these same 4 intentions to my photography I found that musical and photographic composition are quite the same, both depend entirely on the artistic placement of available or sometimes imaginary elements. The creation of both music and photography starts before using the instrument, both start with seeing. It is my hope that my unique perspective and personal history allows me to be considered as an emerging artist, someday worthy of wider attention.
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The Old Atlanta Prison Farm has been slowly rotting away for the last two and a half decades having been in operation until about 1995 and almost completely burned down in 2009. It is only accessible by a long dirt path which is chained off with many No Trespassing signs. My camera couldn't resist the temptation and what I found was deeply haunting and nightmarish, I could sense the presence of past inhabitants in these long ago abandoned cells and dark, gloomy hallways. Our society has to rethink the concept and purpose of incarceration, now it is mostly driven by revenge and carried out with unspeakable cruelty.about the photographer
Richard Greene Artist StatementFor most of my life I have been a touring musician, recording artist and educator specializing in the art of Bluegrass Fiddle. Additionally I have been obsessed with the art of photography starting as a young teenager, spending ecstatic hours in my bathroom/darkroom and I’ve never lost interest, fully embracing the digital revolution. My 4 primary musical goals have always been expression, innovation, technique and composition. In applying exactly these same 4 intentions to my photography I found that musical and photographic composition are quite the same, both depend entirely on the artistic placement of available or sometimes imaginary elements. The creation of both music and photography starts before using the instrument, both start with seeing. It is my hope that my unique perspective and personal history allows me to be considered as an emerging artist, someday worthy of wider attention.
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