Member Info
- Full Name
- Robert L Fewel
- Bio
Photography has been an almost lifelong passion. I started in photography at the age of nine, working with my dad in our bathroom darkroom with a taped up window and board on the bathtub for a Leica enlarger. It was facinating to see the images develop and change depending on things like development time and dodgeing and burning. That was similar to how I now use Lightroom and Photoshop. For years I shot with a Leica M and a Leica R, but when digital came in I switched to a Canon 1Ds Mark II. Now that Leica has finally joined the digital world with the wonderful full frame M9, I've switched back to Leica. I tend to carry only one lens at a time with me as I like how that forces me to see from that lens's perspective. Usually I will have shots in mind when choosing a lens. Not having a zoom lens and carying only one fixed lens, I end up with shots I might not have captured if lens choices were convenient.
- Artist's Statement
We are literally a part of all that is around us. We share atoms with the universe. The carbon in our bodies is the carbon of exploded suns. We interact with inanimate objects and life around us, but often do not see our connections. Photography is magical in that it can show the connections. I strive to pull the viewer into a photo by imagining myself as communicating directly with the subject as I compose and shoot. I hope the viewer will also feel a connection with the subject. As a psychotherapist my job involves verbal as well as nonverbal communication and connection with others. I hope to share a little piece of that connection through my photography.
- City
- Wauwatosa
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History
- Member for
- 44 weeks 4 days
