“A sense of place, revisited” by Darrell Kincer
On view March 30 - May 27, 2012
Opening Reception Saturday April 7, 10 a.m. - 12noon with a discussion on landscape photography beginning at 10:30.
About
As an artist-photographer I am drawn to moments of both visual complexity and simplicity, and curious or peculiar beauty. These characteristics coupled with a strong aesthetic experience of place tend to guide the focus of my work. I believe there is dignity and purpose in our world, and these are qualities that I try to connect to in my images. Often times I tend to follow in a photographic tradition of straight photography. I feel that this steady approach to produce images with a certain type of honesty will result in photographs that speak to others on a deep aesthetic and emotional level. However, there are times when I veer drastically from standard image making into alternative processes and camera-less photography in the darkroom, creating unique pieces intuitively and artistically, exploring the range of the photographic medium.
“A Sense of Place, Revisited”
This body of photographs is, in some ways, a look back on the past ten years of my photographic work. Over this period of time I have often found myself drawn to exploring the region where I live, or travelling to locations to see what I might find. This is certainly not an uncommon practice, but my hope has been to translate these places, through the camera, in a way that resonates with my experience of that environment. And hopefully through this process, my photographs might reveal a sense of atmosphere or sprit to those who see them.
Another aspect of the work has been reconsidering the process of making photographs from the methods of ten years ago until today. Photography has always been a medium of change and adaptation to technology from the beginning. But it just so happens that one of those sea changes occurred over this same span of time. It has been curious for me to reflect on the path I have taken, from shooting to printing, and how the pendulum has swung in my preferences for how I might make a photograph.
More of Darrell Kincer’s work can be viewed at darrellkincer.com
