C {see} 

              1. to perceive with the eyes

 

However, can you always trust what your eyes see? Can you tell if an image is a reflection? In some ways, this is the entire basis of photography as a medium: to reflect back an image. 

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As an artist, I am always asked for my “artist statement”. I have written many statements explaining my approach and inspiration over the years. These statements have changed and evolved as my art practice has changed and evolved;

there is always room for growth. Who am I as an artist? I am a photographer. My photography and art 

constantly challenge me. Why am I an artist? I am an artist because art is important. Photography matters. I create art to see things differently. You may have walked by the same object in my photograph a million times and may have never seen it the way it is in the photograph. Now you may never see it quite the same way again.

 

George Steinmetz said it well when he said, “My job is to open people’s eyes to all the amazing things they didn’t know existed.” Or Lynn Johnson who said, “ You want to reveal what life is like – show things we may never fully understand.”