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Artist Statement:
I'm a 3D Artist/Animator who has begun taking black and white photography in an attempt to get back to the basics of light and shadow. Many of my clients demand high-impact, colorful graphics, which have their place to be sure. But it can often become overwhelming, and the act of doing black and white photography clears my mind a little.
My photos tend to be graphic in nature, and I try to look for strong leading lines. Some have described by photos as "3D", which I suppose comes from doing so much 3D work. I do allow myself to alter the images in Photoshop, using dodging and burning. I've found this to be such a great technique for isolating subjects or bringing out emotions. I didn't dodge and burn at first, but now I do it on every image.
I had my fill of darkroom work when I was working at JPL/Palomar Observatory. We would venture up to Palomar each month for six nights and take pictures of the sky using the 18" Schmidt camera. We used hypered 4415 film, usually processed about 100 films a night. We took pairs of films of different ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
2001 Galeria D'Art Zero, Barcelona, Spain
2001 The City Gallery, Pixelpoint 2001, Slovenia
2001 Millard Sheets Gallery, 2001 New Photography Exhibit, Los Angeles
2001 Coleville Place Gallery, IOI Showcase Exhibition, London
Online Exhibitions
Pixiport
http://www.pixiport.com/blackan dwhite.html
Profotos:
http://www.profotos.com/pros/fi neart/jeffalu/profile....
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