Os Bru (Brown Bear): Photography and Magic
"Art is something which, although produced by human hands, is not created by these hands alone, but something which wells up from a deeper source in our souls." - Vincent Van Gogh
Anyone who has watched a blank sheet of paper become a photograph must have a feeling that photography is magic (especially if you are an artist and not a chemist). My children shared a similar experience at a young age when their grandmother let them make Polaroid images. When I am shooting digitally I do not look at the image screen (but the histogram). Also, when I am photographing an animal I’m concentrating on the animal’s movement and expression, and I forget about everything else. Thus, when I see my images for the first time, I feel awe and often surprise. This image of a Brown Bear at the Barcelona Zoo exemplifies for me the mystery of photography. I like the composition of this photograph, the bear’s expression, and the diagonal movement caused by the blur. However, what I think makes the image special is the impression of a bear’s head on the wall behind the bear. It seems as if the bear was standing in profile, and when he turned his head to face the camera the shape of the profile remained. I did not notice this wall while I was taking pictures, and I do not know what caused this effect (I did not manipulate the image). This mysterious, unexplained element gives the photograph its magic.
This photograph is one of the works I have at the Silvershotz Atlanta Showcase at Mason Murer Fine Art; it will also be included in the next issue of Silvershotz. Mason Murer Fine Art posted this video of the opening on November 6th; the exhibit will be there through December.
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