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My photos begin with very classical lines like a still life
of a fruit bowl. The photoimpressionism or the new impressionisn
that I create has to do with using a wide range of exposures,
an extremely deep value to the saturation, and a vivid contrast
as if I were working in black and white.
The subject matter is either provided by nature as in a still life
of everglade grasses or the subject of widely available materials like
one might find, for example, on a construction site. |
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I enjoy the complexity of shadow and hightlights as they occur
naturally like in the above photo where the subject is actually
the shadow of the object rather than the object itself. |
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Hope Webbing in transition. |
These two images represent an example of the use
of the techniques mentioned above. Below is the original
subject shot in natural light and the above image
is manipulated in photoshop to arrive at a completely
different rendition. Hue & saturation is selected
totally as a subjective decision or can be decided upon
based on where the piece will be displayed, as in the
case of the bright yellow or the magenta and blue.
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Photography for me was a medium that I arrived
at late in life. For many years I considered psychoanalysis
to be the art form that I worked in. I used the metaphor that
people arrive at the consultation room as a masterpiece that
time has worn and the tattered and torn were the wounds
of life that happened over time. I saw myself as a restorative artists
working with the idea that it was my job to return the canvas to its
original condition.
In relation to Art I considered myself an artist without a
talent...photography, particularly computer generated images,
has given me a means of expressing the values that I live with--
extremes in contrast, depth in saturation, and an exposure
to vivid light.
Albert Dussault
aldussault@cox.net |