Nautilus Shells #2
©Julie Meridian/Specimens
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The Specimens series is an ongoing still life photography project that references collections of natural science specimens in order to explore themes of beauty, transience, life and death. As an artist with a reverent curiosity about the natural world, I am a perpetual collector of leaves, pods, shells, feathers, bones and other commonplace wonders. Yet unlike a scientist who determines a precise identification for each specimen, I find that the truth of my subjects is ephemeral and will not stay pinned where meaning is clear.

With each passing moment life flutters, light shifts, perception alters, and an image vanishes. In the remains of the photograph I find only contradictions: fragility and endurance, beauty and decay, chance and destiny.

To see more images from the Specimen series, you can click here, and then click on the appropriate name.

Danielle #5472
©Tim Anderson
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As a photographer, Anderson has photographed a wide variety of subject matter, but capturing the image of the female form, whether it be a geometric nude or the angular curve of the neck, attracts his attention, and compels to raise his lens. Most of his current work is in black and white, but, recently, he has recently taken a foray into color, using suble tonality (much like a painter) to bring out the texture of body.

For the past couple of years, Anderson has teamed with photographer Pat Berrett, to produce a series of workshops, One Day Intensives, to enable photographers to raise the level of their work to a more captivating and compelling level. Go to Rio Grande Workshops for additional information. To see more of Anderson's work, please go to www.timothybanderson.com.

Mist in the Valley
©Dan Baumbach
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"I’ve been in love with photography since my teens. I first expressed that passion by taking candid photos of people on the crowded streets of New York. After college, I worked in advertising and fashion photography interning with some of the top commercial photographers of the day, and eventually opened my own studio. Like most people who turn their hobbies into a living, I lost the passion for photography and eventually I left it for other things.

Now, twenty-five years later, I find myself living in Marin County, this incredibly beautiful area, and once again I’m excited about photography. But instead of photographing people, I want to capture the amazing landscape that surrounds us. I started small with 35mm film but soon I moved to 4x5 so that I can make large, sharp, detailed prints.

It's my experience that at the core we are peace and love, and art can point us to that core. It is my hope that my images may contribute to your peace and happiness." From artist's statement at www.danbaumbach.com.

Why Art?
©Dennis Ford
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Since 2004, Dennis R. Ford has specialized in fine art photography. Selected imagery is natural as well as man-made phenomena that is created by light and shadows, wet surfaces, mirrored images and/or those items that appear to be incongruous to their natural surroundings. Photographs selected show the full range and quality of his portfolio. You can see more of Ford's work at www.dennisrford.com.