SILVER FROM SPAIN

ABSTRACT THOUGHTS

It all started with Minor White. In High School I was introduced to to the Masters of Black and White photography. Weston, Adams, Penn, Frank, Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evens, then low and be hold there was Minor White (he was different). All the others masters shot nature, cities, situations and classic scenes of fantastic places, but it was Minor White that saw something different and that's what I was looking for!
Minor White taught me that anything could be beautiful and anything could be a great photograph and to always, always, always be looking! The Market in Barcelona

These abstract images are from a month last year in Spain, (Barcelona) to be exact. And these particular shots are from a new series and a new technique that I have stumbled upon and I refer to them a s SILVERS.
Printed in muted Grays with subdued Highlights and detailed Blacks. No Zone system here!
Just fields to wonder through over and over. Nothing to catch your eye except the over quality of the abstract forms. Nothing to stop you from dreaming!
La Famila Sagrada, Barcelona

We have hundreds of such images now, taken over a lifetime of looking and seeing. These are just the latest. Abstracts never cease to capture my attention, I see them every where and shoot them again and again. Fascinating!

Missed Call - side of a broken phone booth

Life on the Streets - moss on a sidewalk

The Apocalypse - graffiti on a iron gate.
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