"City of Rocks" Stuart Gelzer

"City of Rocks" Stuart Gelzer. Photograph. 21" x 16". Framed.

When I’m out with my camera, my eye is often drawn to a subject that isn’t so much a discrete isolated thing, but rather a pattern, a field of color or repetition that seems to extend beyond the frame in all directions.

While I’d like to claim that I’m always  conscious of capturing a “natural abstract” at the moment I’m doing it, the fact is that every now and then I think I’m shooting an image of something specific –– and only later as I review the image do I realize that my intended subject has melted away into pattern and color and a sense of infinite extent. But the resulting images make me happy either way.

40 years on 4 continents - I grew up in West Africa and India and wanted to be an archaeologist. Instead I’ve been a screenwriter, a film editor (Fallout, 1995), a drama teacher, and a singer specializing in folk music from the Republic of Georgia. These days when I’m not taking pictures I teach film at Highlands University in Las Vegas, NM, and write novels and travel memoir.

For images taken before the mid-2000s I shot film, using a Canon FTb. For images taken since the mid-2000s I shoot digital, using successive generations of Canon EOS.

All prints are signed; all matting materials are acid-free.

Stuart Gelzer is represented at 2 Ten Galeria on the Plaza in Las Vegas NM

http://www.stuartgelzerphotography.com/ 

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