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Kevin Holliday united states
Photo © Kevin Holliday
title
Melody of Linear Emotions
The succession of single tones in musical compositions, as distinguished from harmony and rhythm in the background.
As with many fine-art image-creators, I treat my camera only as a tool to get the light from the field to the darkroom where I can then bring my vision to life, and a vision is something that can only come from within. I like to think of myself as an artist first, and a photographer second. Therefore, my vision can only be realized from what I create in the digital darkroom and cannot come from the camera alone. This last point is the very reason I use the term “image-creator”. After all, this is what I have set out to do…. create fine-art imagery. Cheers!
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entry description
Melody (of Linear Emotions):The succession of single tones in musical compositions, as distinguished from harmony and rhythm in the background.
about the photographer
I am a fine-art image-creator living in Denver, Colorado, USA and have been studying light through lenses since receiving my first camera, a Pentax K1000, at age 15. You will often times hear me quote photojournalist Ted Grant by saying “when you photograph people in color, you photograph their clothes. But when you photograph people in black and white, you photograph their souls!” I may not delve into people photography, but this quote still rings true to all other aspects of my imagery. Regardless of whether I am working on landscapes, abstracts or architecture, I focus primarily on shapes, patterns and textures; and monochromatic photography enables my vision to be seen without the distractions that color actually brings into our daily lives. It’s the removal of these distractions that allows for some of the best imagery in my opinion.As with many fine-art image-creators, I treat my camera only as a tool to get the light from the field to the darkroom where I can then bring my vision to life, and a vision is something that can only come from within. I like to think of myself as an artist first, and a photographer second. Therefore, my vision can only be realized from what I create in the digital darkroom and cannot come from the camera alone. This last point is the very reason I use the term “image-creator”. After all, this is what I have set out to do…. create fine-art imagery. Cheers!
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