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http://www.londonart.co.uk/sale
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http://www.kunstfotogalleriet.n
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Artist Statement for Sturla Strand
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Allthough I shoot both in color and black and white, taking black and white photographs is for me the most natural way to express myself artistically. I try to envision the subjects I am shooting without color, wich I often find a distracting element. This way I can consentrate on lines, shapes, forms and shadows - the little details that people for the most part overlook. Recently I have taken many photographs in color, thus trying to develop my skills in this genre further. When it comes to the subjects I choose to photograph, I have found that certain places have a special kind of attraction on me. These places I visit over and over again under different lightning conditions, trying to capture them the way I want. Some of my best black and white photographs are taken only a few hundred meters from where I live. This proves the point that you do not have to travel to exotic places to find good motives. I often feel that the motives come to me, rather than the opposite. I am constantly trying to improve my photographic skills in terms of expression and motives.
My style is characterized by elegance and simplicity. The inspiration comes from life itself. I like to capture things around me that I find interesting.
The photographs I take are maybe my perspectiv on the world around me. Perhaps I am trying to capture the world the way it should have been, rather than the way it is. I often wander if people perceive my art the same way as I do myself, since this is a very personal thing.
I do not like to explain my photographs. It is up to the invidual observer to find out what my photographs mean to them, which feelings they evoke.
Photograher Sturla Strand
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