When considering
a scene to photograph I'm first attracted by the visual quality of the
image. Does it catch your eye? Does it make you curious?
One of
the things people tell me they like about my work is that the more you
look at the photographs the more you appreciate them. Many of my photographs
are subtle so you don't necessarily feel like you got hit in the face
with a shovel the first time you look at them. But can you identify
with the image? Are you intrigued... is there enough there that you
can get something from it each time you look at it? Framing and exposing
the shot, I think about how can I best capture the image in a way that
will make you want to both look at it and to make you wonder.
This continues
in the darkroom through the choices I make during processing, paper
selection, and printing. Much of my work is apparently simple so I'm
often surprised on a repeated viewing when I begin to fully recognize
a photograph's complexity or how well it fits into a larger vision.
I emphasize this by selecting photographs that speak to each other...
that help the individual images communicate a broader message as part
of a group than they could on their own.
Enjoy!
Mark Neirick
