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Artist Statement for Donald Scharf
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“Lugares y Encuentros”.
Welcome to the works of Donald Scharf. I am a New York based photographer living in the South West. Actually I am a Psychotherapist perhaps that helps me to see the images and the connection.
www.scharfphotos.com
Photo images are magic. They tell a story. If the viewer stops and examines…then ….. There is the beginning of a connection to the image.
This site is dedicated to my father, Oliver Scharf who had an intense passion for photography. I grew up in Brooklyn New York in the 1950s. There was always a darkroom. The smell of dectol and other chemicals that my father mixed in order to develop photos, the effort to block out the light; the images in black and white. When the white paper was submerged into tray that held the chemical the primary magic was just seeing the image appear.
The photos of Roman Visnac and his memorable book...The Vanished World. Eugene Smith, Man Ray. Salvador Dali and Picasso these artists are all influences.
All images in this web site were produced with a Leica (Digilux 2 Digital) Camera. One thought regarding cameras. The lens is really the issue that is all I would say here; it is the lens and you. Popular Photography’s July 1937 issue was a dynamic document, which could never be published in today’s sterile world. That issue advertised a New Leica “E’ Camera for $ 84.00 and an Olympic Camera for $4.95. These early single lens cameras were not called rangefinders, actually the rangefinder was an attachment, these cameras were called either miniatures or candid cameras My father’s favorite was the twin lens reflex, the Rolleicord with a Schneider lens or a Forth Derby, due to the sharpness and the speed (or F-stop)of the lens.
Today we speak about image stabilization and mega pixels. With the advent of digital photography; is the medium different? Do the photographs in this website still seem like magic? You tell me …
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