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by Glenn DiPaola
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I have photographed these particular plants over the years, but his time was different. Things in life change and I don’t know when I’ll be in... more
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I have photographed these particular plants over the years, but his time was different. Things in life change and I don’t know when I’ll be in Fort Mohave, Arizona again to see how they are doing.
So I took a number of photos, (again), but I don’t have any earlier images that look like this and it reminded me of a quote from my art classes in college. I’m paraphrasing – ‘The idea is not to see 1,000 places with the same eyes, but to see the same place with 1,000 eyes’. I took that to heart then and there. I should be able to see new in the familiar, always. If not, I am not growing
I attended the University of Rhode Island where I studied photography under Bart Parker. I graduated with a BFA in fine art photography and a minor in communications. College was always b&w work, hand-processed in the dark room, using many different cameras. It was great fun. After college I worked in the photo-finishing business for many years as well as doing commercial photography. In the 80's I started to shoot only color for my artwork and never returned to the world of black & white - until 2014. I started converting my color digital images to black and white whenever I saw them as intended for bw. I believe the eye you started with does not go away. With my newest Fujifilm digital cameras, I am shooting for b&w and...
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Deb Halloran
Glenn, This is such a beautiful image and the black and white really accentuates the details. Fantastic description...thanks for sharing. Nicely done. v/f
Glenn DiPaola replied:
Thanks very much Deb. I had a series of images close in like this, but it's the light that makes them all different. This light is what I was seeing but the wind would change it constantly. I did get what I wanted in this one.
Laurie Search
It's funny....with the exception of a very few places, I don't like to photograph the same place more than once, sometimes twice....unless it's so big that you can always see actual new spots there. Hmmm....you've given me something to think about. Maybe that means I'm not growing.....? Now, I do like photographing the same things, such as trees, clouds, etc.....maybe that counts for something, lol. Anyway, this is a really beautiful image, Glenn!! I love the light, and the black and white is beautiful!! Wonderful composition, too!!! :)))vf
Glenn DiPaola replied:
As always Laurie, I thank you sincerely. Before I read that quote I felt the same way. After that I kept trying to get there. Took me 15-20 years before I started to see my surroundings differently. That said, your returning to the same subjects and finding new interpretations is much the same thing. Doesn't have to be a place. Could be a tree, a garden, sunsets... It does count. Here, switching to bw high contrast and going minimal was from new eyes - and a new camera that can do it. Glad you like it. Let me just say that I am always left wondering how you tie scenes and textures to emotions so perfectly. That may be what I should work on. : )
Linda Lees
Black and white suits the graphic quality of this lovely image Glenn. I think that we all have some things that we like to photograph and are always coming up with new ways to present them.