Artist Statement

It is the experience of place and moment that moves me to lift my camera to my eye. The images I create are not preconceived or planned; my approach to photography is spontaneous. I see the world and its beauty as ever changing. Time is always in flux. To freeze an image in focus would be untrue to my experience of that moment. The resulting images are a visual abstraction through which I encourage the viewers to alter their own visual and emotional perception of the world. There is a consistency in my imagery that results from my manipulation of the camera and lens; however, there is no alteration of any kind to the resulting negative or print.

This body of work is photographed with a Twin Lens Reflex camera circa 1960 and shot on Kodak Portra Film.

The images are printed by Carol Fonde on Kodak Endura Paper.
Exhibition format is 20" x 24" C-Prints.

Dorian

Dorian Romer
New York City
2004