207 East Buffalo St.#218, Milwaukee, WI 53202, United States
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ARTIST STATEMENT
BERNIE NEWMAN
These photographs reveal subjects have found both in natural and man-made settings. My favorite theme is the commonplace viewed in an uncommon way: an overlooked detail in a landscape or street, a fleeting occurrence of light and shadow, a chance motion or stillness.
Patience is required when composing the images; what you see is what I saw in the camera viewfinder. My goal is to send a visual message describing the wonder of discovery that I felt when first encountering what has finally been captured in print.
We are surrounded by patterns and abstractions hiding in plain sight, but in order to actually recognize their presence we must slow down and contemplate…
we must slow down and contemplate…