About g. watson photographer

 

“You just have to live and life will give you pictures.”  — Henri Cartier-Bresson.  

“An artist and an activist are the same thing.”  — Ai Weiwei

“If your pictures aren't good enough, you aren't close enough.” — Robert Capa

Artist Statement

Gary L. Watson Photographer

It is as simple as this. It is my intention to present photographs that are honest, that are most often about something, that are sometimes entertaining, and that are always intended to be catalysts for emotional responses and thoughtful discussion. Restless by nature, I will always be unpredictable, changing formats and styles as suggested by the subjects of the photographs I make. They are photographs of dreams and nightmares, love and hate, joy and despair, sense and nonsense, objects and ephemera, yesterdays and tomorrows. They are the forward motion of time arrested by the trip of a shutter and recorded through venerable optics on seasoned devices which apply a veneer of timelessness. Today will be tomorrow’s yesterday. Memory is unreliable. Honest photographs are not.

I guess there's time now to read all those unread books on the bookshelf! #blackandwhitephotography #photographienoireetblanc #filmphotography #argentiquephotographie #ilforddelta3200 #ilfordpapers #35mmphotography #leicaphotography #ilfordphoto #boo
Since I have been staying at home as much as possible like everyone else, my backyard has become a place for photo safaris. Here is a portrait of one of the creatures with whom I share the outdoors. He was very nice to strike a jaunty pose for me a
In my neighborhood, and perhaps many others, people are putting teddy bears in their windows so that the children of families out on walks can go on a "bear hunt" as a distraction from the necessity of self confinement. #stayhomeworksafe #b
In the darkroom time stands still, covid-19 is forgotten, and isolation seems natural. #gelatinsilverprints #darkroom #chambrenoire #photographieargentique