Artist's Biography
Paul GallagherThe interaction of elements with light and my perception and interpretation of these is what drives me to pursue fine art photography. There are many forms of the photographic image but mine lies in the structures and textures presented to me in the landscape and environment. As with other artists and their materials, I cherish my relationship with camera and photograph and hold the final picture as a gift to the viewer so that they will make an interpretation which in turn connects and evokes. A lyrical prose for the purpose of stating any aim to an individual image would fall short and be deficient of the intended outcome. My photography is directional. The action and purpose of taking a photograph was decided by me and orchestrated for my desires. I may have been enjoying the clouds and rain or engulfed by winds and storms. I may have felt the eerie isolation that landscape photography occasionally imposes, but every motivation resulting in taking a photograph was borne of an emotional impact that I experienced at that moment. My photography is a facet of how I am able to express. I can feel overwhelmed,
subdued, aggressive when I see what I have decided is something I have
to embrace in a picture. Ultimately this is what I endeavour to do -
to convey the absolute fulcrum of time in two dimensions. For this reason
alone I will always take photographs. |