hankonephoto

In my photography I am not a Romantic artist.  A Romantic in art is one who sees things not the way they are but the way they might be and ought to be.  As a photographer I cannot lay claim to the status of an artist.  I can only see things the way they are.  And the more "Natural" the better.

I'm just starting to take photography seriously, but this is what I hope to achieve:

"To clothe a familiar scene with ideal interest, and exalt things to which our senses are daily accustomed, into the region of imaginative beauty and genuine sentiment..."

―Henry T. Tuckerman: "The Prose-Poet: Nathaniel Hawthorne," from Mental Portraits (1853).

I love the photography of Kathleen Connally.

Her work is as close to Art as photography can be.  She makes a "familiar scene" sublime.

I shall offer links to other photographers I find and admire:

1.  Trent Grass.
     a.  Particularly his FINE ART #1.

In Vietnam most any Marine who took snapshots used the Kodak Instamatic 104.  In 1968 that's what I used.  Back in Vietnam in 1970 I had a Minolta SR-T 101.  This is what I used to take this self-portrait.  I set it up on the hood of a Jeep and used its mechanical self-timer to shoot my best friend and me.  



OK.  I did upgrade.  Got a Canon EOS Digital REBEL XTi.  So now the cameras I use are:

Canon EOS REBEL XTi
Canon PowerShot S50
Canon EOS REBEL 2000, Film

And my curiosity cameras:

Minolta 110 ZOOM SLR, Film
Olympus PEN-EE, Half-frame, Film

READ READ READ:  Many photographs speak for themselves.  However, some have a story behind them.  It can be interesting to read such stories.  Take the time to not only look but to read.