Thomas Nawrocki

Duratrans - Photography

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Duratrans are 38" X 30"
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Photography Statement
The "ZET ZEE" cibachrome prints and the "ZET ZIE" duratran light boxes are a continuing series of color photographs. The images were conceived as bas-relief, sculptural, studio-based collages. Every composition reveals, by its unique strength, how it would resolve itself as it follows the tendencies of its internal forces. I continue to add and subtract material to the still life in exploring preliminary proofs in order to establish an intuitive sense of ideal order.

I am interpreting nature in its purest, abstract state - constructing a rhythm of pictorial lyricism using objects impregnated with fluorescent pigments. These materials are then photographed in a low key, 'black-light', illuminated environment using a Pentax, 6x7, medium format camera mounted on a tripod with Kodak Ektar 25-120 film. I place great emphasis on edge and the interrelationship of form and color in maintaining a harmony of visual balance. Objects never end - forms intersect with infinite combinations of sympathetic attunements and clashing aversion. No object may be viewed in isolation, but absorbs its surroundings, just as it contributes to the total composition.

--Thomas Nawrocki


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