SECOND AVENUE WINDOW AT QUAD CITY ARTS' ROCK ISLAND GALLERY
APRIL - JUNE, 2021
THE FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY OF CRAIG MILLER
For the past three decades I have enjoyed the use of photography, first as a hobby, some experience in photojournalism and “street photography” and, of course, the visual recording of life events with family and friends.
Three years ago I attended a workshop in Seattle, Washington entitled “Photography as Art” which was offered in numerous venues across the country by noted photographer Art Wolfe, who many may know as the creator and presenter of the PBS series, “Travels to the Edge with Art Wolfe”. This was a watershed experience for me and resulted in my taking photography to a totally different level under the classification of “fine art photography”.
Fine art photography is variously defined. Wikipedia describes it as photography “created in accordance with the vision of the photographer as artist, using photography as a medium for creative expression.”
A few of the images on display represent what I, as an artist, and the camera have seen just “as is”. Other fine art images are the result of using such tools as Adobe Photoshop to alter the original photo, thus creating, in many instances, anything from slight enhancement, to moderate manipulation, to radical creative and re-creative alteration.
Subject varies from landscapes to seascapes to portraiture to architectural to just about anything that can be photographed and in many instances re-created or transformed into what I call derived photo images.
For me personally, the satisfaction is in both the capture and the enhancement and/or revision of the images. But ultimately it is through the experience of sharing the final result with others that brings me the greater joy.
--- Craig (C.R.)Miller
Three years ago I attended a workshop in Seattle, Washington entitled “Photography as Art” which was offered in numerous venues across the country by noted photographer Art Wolfe, who many may know as the creator and presenter of the PBS series, “Travels to the Edge with Art Wolfe”. This was a watershed experience for me and resulted in my taking photography to a totally different level under the classification of “fine art photography”.
Fine art photography is variously defined. Wikipedia describes it as photography “created in accordance with the vision of the photographer as artist, using photography as a medium for creative expression.”
A few of the images on display represent what I, as an artist, and the camera have seen just “as is”. Other fine art images are the result of using such tools as Adobe Photoshop to alter the original photo, thus creating, in many instances, anything from slight enhancement, to moderate manipulation, to radical creative and re-creative alteration.
Subject varies from landscapes to seascapes to portraiture to architectural to just about anything that can be photographed and in many instances re-created or transformed into what I call derived photo images.
For me personally, the satisfaction is in both the capture and the enhancement and/or revision of the images. But ultimately it is through the experience of sharing the final result with others that brings me the greater joy.
--- Craig (C.R.)Miller
BROWSE & SHOP THE GALLERY
We offer curbside pick-up or shipping. For more information contact Visual Arts Director Dawn Wohlford-Metallo.
Rock Island GalleryThe Quad City Arts Gallery is home to an exhibition space located on the first floor. The building, which was once a turn-of-the-century department store, features hardwood floors, and a fourteen foot-high ceiling. The exhibition space is more than 1,500 sq. ft., a perfect space to showcase large paintings, sculptures and enjoy an occasional performance.
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