The Photographer's Statement

“Photography is a time slice of how I see light and shadow, texture and space.
I favor the concept of “found light” - somewhat the inverse of “available darkness” - and this comes from my experiences as a documentary cameraman, where setting lights and illuminating the scene with fixtures just doesn't happen. It is an “anti-studio” approach.

I discover what the light reveals. Often that means either keeping my eyes open and being lucky, as with my street photography, or it's careful studying and planning for the light's past and future path, so one can be setup in the right place at the right time to capture a precise moment, as with my large format, view camera work.

Often the intersection of nature and man results in mismatches and anomalies, which I like to find, preserve and present for consideration. Not so much “my personal point of view”, but rather more just “look what I found!”

-- Jim Furrer