Black Hole

by Charles Crabb

“I am drawn to a moment’s compositional nature of line, texture, tone, lighting, and context that I can envision as an abstract statement that supports a conceptual design of the moment. While we emphasize tonal characteristics that attract our artistic subconscious to interpret a moment, we don’t precisely capture what we feel about a scene. When I create a photograph, I understand that others will find new meanings in it. I maintain awareness of the camera’s influence on capturing an image, and I am careful to understand the camera’s limitations. Then, using developing tools, I try to uncover tonal aspects of an image that bring out undiscovered aspects of its form; the image becomes a design of an encounter with a moment. My photos reflect my environment; they form a record of the scenes where I live and travel that I feel will tell us a little more about how we visually relate to our surroundings.”