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Artist Statement:
My medium is art photography.
This means there is no claim
of documentary realism - the
pictures are created to
present an idea but based
originally on photographs and
(mostly) having the style of a
photographic image. I work in
South West England and he
Charente region of France. My
subject is an exploration of
beauty and dreams - I see more
than enough of troubling
reality to want to project it
further.
My work covers 40 years
starting with B&W bleak
landscapes through abstract
nudes, portraits, dance &
theatre to the added dimension
of colour and emphasis on
personal experience and
subconscious mythology. I am
always improvising, trying to
learn from the images and
people's reactions to them.
My own website is a portal to
my longstanding photo.net
gallery which includes a lot
of background information
about the images. I also have
a blog which I have just
re-activated. I plan to add
the stories behind many of my
photo series, old and new.
More of my work can be seen
via my website:
http://www.jonathancharlesphoto
.com
For non-commercial uses some
of my images may be available
free if suitably credited -
please contact me for details.
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Artist Exhibitions:
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Artist Reviews:
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Collections:
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Commissions:
Private commission for
nude/portrait photography,
Please see:
http://jonathancharlesartphoto.
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Jonathan Charles Biography:
| Biographical information for Jonathan Charles can be found below. The artist may choose what information to display. Sometimes the artist chooses not to display personal information to the general public. |
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Age
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61
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| Gender |
Male
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| Status |
Married
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| Children |
4
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| Religion |
Christian / universal |
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| Education |
Professional Degree |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
Folk music (plays), philosophy, SCUBA diving, travel, sailing, learning French language & culture (now living part of the time in France) |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Photography Other
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
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| Favorite Work of Art |
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
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| Your Personal Biography |
As a young child I was fascinated by colour - discussions with my (now professional painter) brother about "the perfect" green or the best blue to go with a particular purple would continue for weeks or months. I spent much of my free time drawing and painting, mainly from imagination. Art at school held little interest - I could not see the point in drawing real things as they were already there and I preferred to look at the subject directly, so for several years art was in the background.
At around 14 I started with photography when a friend inherited an enlarger and we set it up in my parents' attic. I was given an old folding twin lens reflex camera and started photographing everything around me, learning B&W processing by trial and error. I progressed through a fixed-lens 35mm camera and a russian Zorki-4 to a series of Canon rangefinder bodies and lenses, developing an interest in bleak landscapes and an admiration for Bill Brandt.
By 18 I was proficient in composing with any kind of lens and in using most monochrome printing techniques - I set up a photographic society on starting university and began publishing work in magazines. I also started experimenting with colour slide film.
At 21 I met Marie, an art student, and this changed the direction of my work radically. Inspired by the avant garde photographers of the 30s and 40s we explored the exciting world of abstract nude photography and the representation of beauty, moving on to developing ideas based on mythology and the subconscious which have returned to my work many times since. I have also been active in theatre and dance photography, fashion and portraiture moving progressively back to my orignal interest in colour.
I adopted digital processing for colour work early (20 years ago) entranced by the freedom and control it offered, but only recently changed over to fully digital photography when sensors overtook 35mm slide emulsions about 5 years ago. |
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