A Sense of Time
One of the reoccurring themes in Keith Bellow’s presentation about Traveler’s Best Photos, 2009, was capturing a sense of place. Taking photos that gives a sense of where one is in the world, a foreign and exotic scene supported by textures and objects, all the things that we surround ourselves with everyday. We subscribe to this notion in a big way. In addition, we are also fascinated by the past. We love old photographs, they have had great influence on our way of seeing.
We have been developing a series of images that connect us to the past, our own past through old photographs. These old photographs have changed how we think and approach composition. It’s not just using the latest and greatest plug-in filters, but more about creating photographs that feel timeless, an object that has a life of its own, one that we would like to print and hang on the wall. In the end, that is why we create what we do.
Samson Fountain at Peterhof, St. Petersburg ©KEENPRESS 2009