a non-profit gallery for the visual and performing arts

2833-A Hathaway Rd., Richmond, VA 23225
in the Stratford Hills Shopping Center

Gallery hours beginning Saturday, January 22, 2022:
Noon to 4pm, Tuesday - Sunday
Free and Open to the Public
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Primavera de la Habana, la Mer y el Malecon, La Habana, Cuba, 2017-2019
Digital Color Photograph
$495.00

Artist Statement

"Creativity is a process and a journey; and it does not depend on the technology. I am often asked about the equipment, camera, lens or settings I use, as if knowing these would enable taking amazing photos. I use digital cameras as well as plastic, toy cameras, such as a Holga Camera, to make images, cameras that are capable of producing multiple images in a single frame. When I am interested in creating an accurate record of people, places or events, I generally use a Single Lens Reflex Digital Camera. However, for me, as beautiful as the resulting images may be, they are generally not art; they are simply records shot and reproducible by almost anyone. Expressing my unique vision, telling my own story, makes it art.

I use cameras, which enables me to create magical and dreamlike impressionistic images that reflect my vision. Cameras that allow me to produce multiple exposures to create in-camera photographic collages (layered images), photographs that can be read many times and in many ways to reveal the wealth of information they contain. Thus, I am able to break free from dependence on technology, precision, and sharpness to explore my inner world. I want my photographs to reflect my unique experience of time, place, and space and to simulate questions in the viewers� mind as to why those pictures were taken and what thoughts and feelings they produced in the viewers.

"Primavera de la Habana..." was created using the double exposure option of a FujifilmX100F Camera. While the color and saturation were tweaked in photoshop, the image was not altered or "photoshopped." It is a color digital photograph."