Urban Textures - Artist Research
Rick Cameron
For Rick Photography has always been a very personal and emotional experience, he is drawn to images and he feels like some things just want to be photographed and no matter how many images he takes, he is usually drawn to the very first image he has taken for that shoot.
Rick says " I welcome this finding as it gives the image, I believe, a more genuine reflection of what I hoped to capture, which thus reflects my mood and feelings at the moment of taking. As a consequence I am very careful in use of Photoshop as it can destroy the freshness and spontaneity of that first image, no matter how subtly. Some of my photographs have imperfections that have not been corrected intentionally: the world and life is full of imperfections and I recoil at the endless persuit of yet bigger and bigger flawless photographs."
The images on his site are a cross-section of his work; some are more standard landscapes, but most are personal images of which he is drawn to. His work very much represents his personalty and who he is.
U1-8
I like this image, because of all the different textures, such as the rust and the paint, it's gives the photograph depth.
U1-3
I also like this image, because of the blended green and blue of the paint really stands out and the discolouring of the pipe gives it interest.