Galleries

What's New? :

What's New?

Updated: Feb 06, 2010 2:53pm PST

Urban & Structures :

Urban & Structures

Updated: Nov 15, 2009 9:27am PST

Thirst! : A Photo Essay

Thirst!

A Photo Essay

Updated: Jun 24, 2008 7:41pm PST

Things & Abstract :

Things & Abstract

Updated: Nov 15, 2009 9:26am PST

Snow & Ice :

Snow & Ice

Updated: Jul 24, 2009 9:52pm PST

A Saturday Afternoon :

A Saturday Afternoon

Updated: Jun 04, 2009 9:20pm PST

People & Relatives :

People & Relatives

Updated: Aug 29, 2009 8:26pm PST

Native American Themes :

Native American Themes

Updated: Feb 09, 2009 10:17pm PST

Landscapes :

Landscapes

Updated: Dec 10, 2009 8:39pm PST

Food :

Food

Updated: Jun 24, 2008 7:50pm PST

Flora :

Flora

Updated: Dec 01, 2009 10:18pm PST

Fauna :

Fauna

Updated: Mar 19, 2009 8:04pm PST

Hopewell Furnace :

Hopewell Furnace

Updated: Sep 17, 2008 6:52pm PST

Valley Forge :

Valley Forge

Updated: May 09, 2009 8:52pm PST

The Attic : The old stuff that I just don't want to get rid of...yet

The Attic

The old stuff that I just don't want to get rid of...yet

Updated: Mar 31, 2009 8:02pm PST

My Smug Mug :

My Smug Mug

Updated: Jun 24, 2008 7:55pm PST

Friends & Family

Updated: Feb 04, 2010 9:01pm PST

The 50th

Updated: Jul 12, 2008 10:31am PST

May

Updated: Aug 05, 2008 8:11pm PST

W@FLB

Updated: Oct 24, 2008 10:06pm PST

RBW

Updated: Nov 14, 2009 12:14pm PST

AK

Updated: Jul 18, 2009 9:47am PST

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Updated: Nov 15, 2009 8:20am PST

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The artist's interpretation only begins with the camera since the image in the viewfinder is never what is seen in the mind's eye. Images have been manipulated virtually since photography was invented in 1826 to meet the artists' aesthetic. As early as 1857, Rejlander created a masterpiece, "Two ways of Life", which was purchased by Queen Victoria and had been made from over 30 negatives blended together. This photo, as big as an easel painting (16 x 31") had earlier shocked the art world by being displayed on par with paintings. In my collection, I have "tin types" from the late 1800's which had been hand colored to add life to faces and gold to jewelry.
With each leap in technology, the other arts were affected as well. For example, a running horse had never been depicted correctly on canvas until 1878 when Muybridge took advantage of the new fast emulsions and an array of 24 cameras to capture the equine movement in a stop motion sequence. Or who can forget Duchamp's 1912 cinema inspired, staccato "Nude Descending Staircase"? The argument continues to rage today about film versus digital capture in photography. Film will never go away just as we see a resurgence of "tin types" and other honored media. But we do have at our finger tips a very powerful series of tools from the digital camera to the computer to the inkjet printer to create our art. Regardless of the means used, to paraphrase Ansel Adams, 'A photograph is not taken, it is made'.


If you are interested in purchasing an image, please contact me:

bwerner2@earthlink.net

Most images are processed to look great at 24x36" and even larger on canvas or other surfaces. Because of the size and saturated colors each image is customized to its particular dimensions and print medium.

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