![]() It has allowed me to explore how best to convey my story or idea. I set up a composition and take the day looking at it from all different perspectives, recompose it and look again. What makes a good day for you creatively speaking? I continue to go back and see more each time I look at the book. This series is so simply done yet so clearly and beautify expresses Kertész’s emotions about his life. What I learned is that not much is really needed to create a photo (again I came from a world where everyone wanted the latest and greatest piece of equipment)- it’s about how to really see the objects and compose them in a way to express one’s thoughts. I love that these images were shot with an SX 70 Polaroid camera and daylight- not a lot of technical equipment used to make such beautiful images. What image would you say taught you an important lesson?Īndré Kertész’s book, From My Window showed me important lessons about using still life as a way to express emotions and thoughts. It’s like an old friend who reminds me where I came from and what began my desire to photograph. I find when questioning my creative practice, I return to this image to re-center my work. Through the years spent as a food photographer, it has remained an ever present image in my memory. In college I saw Edward Weston’s pepper photograph. Please tell us about an image (not your own) that has stayed with you over time. These resinated with me greatly and continue to influence my work. Once involved in the commercial world I discovered Irving Penn who told stories through his compositions. In college I fell in love with Edward Weston, Emmit Gowen, Aaron Siskind and Aget to begin with. Who has had an influence on your creative process? It is a way of expressing my feelings, my stories and my ideas about the world. I spent three years assisting and I learned the craft of photography. After graduation I was a bit lost, had various jobs and eventually found my way back to photography through assisting commercial photographers. I have a liberal arts degree in fine art in which I focused on photography from Hiram College, one of those small liberal art’s colleges where you are exposed to many disciplines. Where did you get your photographic training? I am a photo-based artist, with an educational background in the natural sciences and over 35 years of experience as a professional photographer in the editorial and commercial world. ![]() Would you please tell us a little about yourself? Her work was chosen as one of the 2019 Rfotofolio Selections. Today we are pleased to share the work of Beth Galton.
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