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Doug Lockard Title: Island Transport Studio: Directions: Artist Statement: One of the realities of life that I’ve come to accept is this; regardless of where my journeys have taken me around the world, no matter how remote or seemingly exotic to my eyes, everywhere is home for someone. In the endless day-to-day struggle, the samsara of life--from the upstate of South Carolina to the jungles of Sumatra -- we all have a propensity to take the uniqueness and beauty of our homes, our life experience, even each other -- for granted. I believe every day is perfect, but I recognize how difficult it is to allow that thought, that philosophy, to percolate up through the daily mediocrity. My photography developed as a mental discipline, a means of opening my own awareness to these extraordinary moments, these extraordinary images, as proof. Romancing life is not the denial of the mundane, but a celebration of the extraordinary. We all have the ability to elevate the mundane to the extraordinary simply in the way we ‘see’. The proof is in my photography. And so, it has become somewhat of a spiritual endeavor for me, this pursuit of awareness, this joy of discovery of the sensuous beauty in each and every day of my life. This gallery is about sharing that vision and that joy with you. Because my goal is to capture the perfect moment, not create it, I work mostly in color transparencies; slide film, without filters or dark room technique. You see what I saw. I call my work ‘limited edition photography’, simply because it is. Getting to know you, the sharing, the telling of the story behind the image -- another way of creating a ‘moment’ in our lives -- is the motivation for sharing my work. When you find something that moves you in one of my images, something that defines an aspect of you, a ‘moment’ is created where we are ‘seeing’ the world through a common portal. In those moments, my vision as an artist is manifest. |
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