Photographer Mary Degan cuts paper shapes of animals and stairs, then places them on a stage and photos them

Photographer Ken Smith views slender bamboo poles against a muted textured background

 

Mary Degen

"Animals, Shadows and the Steps of Healing"
b/w photograph (20" x 24"), 1998

Ken Smith

"Cane", toned silver print
(23" x 29"), 1997

 

Tom Lee- "Well, I like the old manual camerasand that's what I prefer to use. It would probably be easier to get an auto-focus camera that did everything for me,but the process of setting the shutter speed and the aperture and focusing... when you work in that manner, it deliberately slows you down and makes you think about what you're doing. So digital imaging is fine, it's a good way to capture a picture really quick and see what you've got. But it's kind of a different... it's a different form of art, a form of self-expression. I know there are easier ways for me to do things as far as electric cameras or inkjet printing, butthe process is the important part of the art. And so I like the slower process... even if I had no disability I think I'd still be working in the same manner."

Nature photographer Michael Hogan shows delicate pink bristly flowers in the midst of the watery dark swamp.

Michael Hogan

"Swamp Pink Lily", format type C print
(20" x 24"), 1996

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