Mark German
For many years I wondered and worried whether my work fit into any known genre. My likes and tastes are eclectic and seemingly random in nature. I find beauty in most things – from landscapes to abstracts to architecture and candid photojournalism. Over time, I have discovered that while I do not have a specific genre, I have a strong leaning to the iconic, monumental, fundamental, emotional and evocative. I tend to like (and therefore shoot) a distillation of what I find beautiful, inspiring and meaningful in the world.
My heart lies with candid photography – I enjoy capturing a slice of time that when seen during the normal course of the day may seem ordinary – yet when preserved as a still frame, speaks far more then it could otherwise. And so, I have not found my genre at all but rather, my photography has taught and guided me through the years, leading me to ever more emotive and thought-provoking scenes. My photography has found me.
Mick Ferrier
My recent return to medium format film leaves me open to being labelled anachronistic.Film is giving me the artistic licence to create something "pure", something i am desiring at the moment.
Purity of line and light is sought in this series, a series verging on architectural abstract but as a touch of "documentary" as well. But is it art? That is the question on everybodys lips. Art needs to effect and evoke a response.These images do that for me.
I enjoy series work purely as a concentration of effort and a thematic response to what particular itch needs scratching at the time.Simple really. I am pursuing other series concurrently.
I have been drawn to theses structures like a moth to a flame.Modernity and postmodernity screams out as a celebration to man, and i am content to be amongst it. But always a partnership exists out there,i.e Line and Light. Nature provides the greatness that man basks in.The interplay of light and line is always the eternal equation.
