hotography is many things to many people,
and for me it has been a vehicle to new lands, a medium for self-expression
and a gateway to adventure. It has always been in my life. The ocean
and underwater photography are among my main interests and, in the
pursuit of dramatic marine images, I have dived beneath the polar
icecaps and
in almost every ocean on Earth. There is no denying that photography
can be exciting, challenging and rewarding in a variety of ways.
Over the years, I have witnessed tremendous change in the field
of photography. From the days of the black and white darkroom, where
images developed in chemicals to finally appear into a timeless
statement, to current day where technological advances have provided
tools that take the eye beyond the darkroom and into a greater realm
of pure photographic intention and expression. I have grown to
love the craft, its art, and the very private and personal time that it takes to pursue perfection.
Long before our own existence, man sculpted the history of greatness
in stone, painted his visions on canvas and scribed his teachings
in text. As photographers, we’ve captured only a brief period
of time.
Photography affords us the tools to sculpt with light, to paint
with textures and shapes and to write volumes into a single image—creating
indelible, lasting impressions of where we have been, who we really
are and where our future may take us. Recording the history of man
and nature has forever changed.
It is in this light that my dream of publishing Silver Seas has
come alive. This project has been a lifelong process and it has
allowed me to share with the world my fascination for photography
and the sea—a duality that has existed throughout my life.
The greatest reward for this effort is knowing that.
Words fail to adequately express the stillness of motion that photography
can. Early on, I deliberately chose the black and white process
because of its archival qualities and the ability to display unique
qualities of light as simple values—a process that has fascinated
the human eye since the days of Daguerro’s plates centuries
ago.
