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Artist Statement for Shaun Wright
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My work reflects my beliefs on the conflicts between nature and humanity. The photographs attempt to create a dream-like vision of serenity and natural beauty, far from the realities of a rapidly developing modern society. This illusion is created by the cleanliness of the image: the simple composition, the black and white fiber paper, the white matting, and the wood frame.
Light adds to this fantasy and gives my images strength. The lighting on the trees, stones, ferns, and fog radiates from the images forever frozen in time. This time stop allows me to really examine how light shapes my perceptions of the world. This vision is not our waking world, it is one manipulated and crafted, first through an optical lens, and finally realized through silver, evoking a soft quality of luminescence.
I choose natural compositions in order to create a sense of well being, and to eliminate the subject itself. I do not "set-up" situations or create still-lives, I look for spatial and compositional relationships that have texture and value. It is a process of discovery rather than one of preconceived vision. The Pacific Northwest landscape provides endless natural compositions through which I can express my conservationist ideals, my love, and my fear for the natural world as it becomes increasingly unnatural.
The stamp I use with my signature is my name as it would be translated in Japanese. I use it as a constant reminder of my general aesthetic, and how that is tied to Asian art principles of simplicity and grace.
Shaun Wright
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