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Paul Lewis canada
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My photography expands my teaching and research experience in urban planning. It is another way to continue to practice what I did for so long, at University level (Université de Montréal). As proposed by Elliot Erwitt, “photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.” My photographs say as much about the places I have seen, than about me. We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are, wrote Anaïs Nin. It connects me with the world, and people, those who are in the photographs, and those who are looking at the photographs. This helps me grow as a photographer, and also as a person.
I am interested in cityscapes, and in people in the urban landscape. The photographs included in this set show people, as anonymous persons, that they are most of the time for me.
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I am a street photographer, or an urban photographer, as I like to tell.My photography expands my teaching and research experience in urban planning. It is another way to continue to practice what I did for so long, at University level (Université de Montréal). As proposed by Elliot Erwitt, “photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.” My photographs say as much about the places I have seen, than about me. We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are, wrote Anaïs Nin. It connects me with the world, and people, those who are in the photographs, and those who are looking at the photographs. This helps me grow as a photographer, and also as a person.
I am interested in cityscapes, and in people in the urban landscape. The photographs included in this set show people, as anonymous persons, that they are most of the time for me.
about the photographer
I have been photographing since I was a teen, after I discovered, with the help of my father, the power of photography. I learned to photograph using film, and developed and printed in both B+W and colour (from slides). I abandoned photography for many years, and came back recently, when digital cameras and printers were introduced, and capable. I am still photographing on film, sometimes instant film, but I mostly work with a digital camera. I am mostly self-taught, but I had the chances to take inspiring courses and workshops (in Cobourg, Montréal, Percé, Rockport) that gave me a better understanding of what photography is, of what it means, and how to bring out my vision.back to gallery
