Seth Resnick
Journey to Illusions
Statement
I am not a landscape photographer. I am not a wildlife photographer. I am not a people photographer. Yet all of these genres can fit into my repertoire of images.I photograph things that are invisible to most people.
I feel a magnetic connection I sense between myself and my subject. My camera becomes an extension of my mind, allowing me to journey into a very personal energy field from each subject, breaking boundaries and opening doors. The experience elicits a sacred feeling suspending time and capturing energy.
I love environments that are otherworldly and surreal where I can explore conscious and subconscious energy and a fantasy I see in nature.
I don’t select objects or themes. Rather, I let my subjects lead me. I love writing down parts of dreams or free-association thoughts in the night and then going out to try to capture those thoughts and feelings. One reoccurring theme that enters into my work time and time again is optical illusion. I was a big fan of M.C. Escher as a kid and continually find that influence in my work. I love when your mind can take something as concrete as a photograph and transform it so many ways. I am also very attracted to layers and compacted space that create a certain sensuality in nature. I realize I am exploring fantasy in nature
I hope that viewers can use my photographs to open up their own imaginations. People often ask me if my photographs are real. I love that the images seem to be from another world and thus can’t be believed. But I capture what is really there to be captured. I try to capture what my mind’s eye sees and feels.
Through the use of metaphor my vision explores feelings of sensuality and illusion, but at the same time emphasizes our fragile environment, instilling a sense of responsibility to preserve it from further destruction.
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