Kip Harris says, "There is a Taoist phrase: “wei wu wei,” which has been translated a number of ways but the one I like best is “doing, not doing.” When one has become a complete master of an action, he no longer has to think about how to perform the act but has become the act himself. I try to photograph this.

A man’s work is his life and should be respected. In a world where most work now happens in office buildings and factories away from public view, it becomes more and more important to me to see work being done, to see concrete results, and to see the faces of the workers.

I seek out market places, fairs, and street edges where traditional crafts are practiced. These semi-public spaces are enclaves of masters and their apprentices, of casual conversation with friends and finely tuned sales pitches for potential clients, of pointed competition, and of dappled light. It is not quite private nor openly part of the street. It is the mixed environment of commerce, constructive labor, and leisure.

This search began in Hong Kong in 1990 and has continued for thirty years so although I have had another career, this search might be considered my life’s work."

Harris grew up in a small farming community in Idaho. He holds degrees in English literature from Dartmouth College, in humanities from the University of Chicago, and architecture from the University of Utah. He was a principal of FFKR Architects in Salt Lake City for nearly 30 years.

A serious photographer since the late 80s, he has exhibited in the United States, Canada, and Europe with four solo and over eighty group shows. He has been published in Shots Magazine, The Photo Review, Art Reveal, Smithsonian.com, and a number of on-line photographic sites.

He now lives on the South Shore of Nova Scotia in an 1823 cottage overlooking the St. Margaret’s Bay. He and his wife created Company X Puppets (a highly portable puppet, dance, theater group established to present intimate mixed media theater works).

www.kharrisphoto.com
IG: @kkhstreet

Christopher E Morse ( C E Morse ) says,
"I am a photographer/designer; inspired by color, texture, patterns, composition and patina.

Growing up a classic car enthusiast, I spent a lot of time in vintage salvage yards
where I discovered incredible visual elements that inspired me the same way
as did the great abstract painters; it changed my perspective. I traded in my toolbox for a camera and I began to hunt and photograph wild art.

These three Images are from an ongoing life-long series: Beyond Recognition.
My photographs are contrary:

• they are abstract, yet actual found objects.

• the subjects as a whole are generally considered ugly, for example; dumpsters, derelict automobiles and boat hulls, but the details I shoot are not.

• these objects have changed slowly over many years to get to the point at which I find them, but despite seeming permanent & static, they can (and do) rapidly change or disappear.

I often capture them days before they vanish. My photographs are frequently all that is left.

The histories of my subjects are often a mystery, but the abstract nature of my images
leave the viewer with an ability to imagine their own personal interpretation."

"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see." - Henry David Thoreau


C E Morse was born in Camden, Maine in 1952
1970-1974: BFA in Photography: Rhode Island School of Design
(Studied under Aaron Siskind)
1973 -2013: Further studies @ Maine Media Workshops & Maine College of art
1974 to present: C E Morse Fine Art Photography

Career Highlights 2018 - 2020:

2018 Solo Exhibition: Beyond Recognition - Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts
2018 Group Exhibition: "Art & the Abstract Truth" - UMVA, Portland, ME
2018 Musée Magazine
2018 13th Annual Black & White Spider Awards: 1 Honorable Mention, 3 Nominations
2018 Neutral Density Awards
2018 Chromatic awards
2018 AAP Magazine (All About Photo) Feature - Silver
2018 Master's Cup, 10th Annual International Color Awards: 1 Nomination
2019 Dek Unu Magazine: February Issue  (each issue devoted to just one artist)
2019 Juried Exhibition: "Wet" - Darkroom Gallery, Essex Junction, VT
2019 "Color it Red" Shadow and Light Magazine:  Single Image Showcase Winner
2019 Circle Arts Magazine: Certificate of Excellence
2019 Juried Exhibition: 6th Open Call - Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts, Providence, RI
2019 NY Polyphony Album cover: Lamentationes
2019 Juried Exhibition: "Colors of Humanity"
2019 Juried Exhibition: "Light and Shadows" - Union of Maine Visual Artists: Portland, ME
2019 Maine Arts Journal UMVA Quarterly Spring Issue: Sanctuary
2019 14th Annual  Black & White Spider Awards: 1 Honorable Mention, 1 Nomination
2019 Juried Exhibition: "Colors" - NYC4PA @ the Jadite Gallery, NYC
2019 Juried Exhibition & book: "The Sublime Landscape" - Praxis Gallery Minneapolis, MN
2019 Solo Exhibition: “Wearable Art” - Arta, Falmouth, ME  (Photographic prints and silks)
2019 Juried Exhibition: 7th Open Call - Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts, Providence, RI
2019 Juried Exhibition: "Water" - Photoplace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
2019 Juried Exhibition: "Transitions" - Pennsylvania Center For Photography, Middlebury, VT
2019 Bokeh Bokeh: San Francisco Bay International Photography Exhibit - Silver Award Winner
2019 Juried Exhibition: "Red" - A Smith Gallery Johnson City Texas
2019 Juried Exhibition: "All the Great Trees" - Creative Portland, Portland, ME
2020 TIFA (Tokyo International Foto Awards) 1st place: Portfolio Category
2020 Dodho Magazine: portfolio published online: "I hunt Wild Art"
2020 Juried Exhibition: "Portland 2020" - Cove Street Arts, Portland, ME
2020 Juried Exhibition: "Shadows & Patterns" - NYC4PA @ the Jadite Gallery, NYC

cemorsephoto.com
 

Harry Longstreet says, "No one just takes up space. The human condition is an entire
canvas of thoughts, emotions and reactions to circumstances.

I try to capture the truth about diverse people and how they live and reflect their respective spaces.

My subjects never know they’ve been photographed. I don’t set-up or pose any shot and never shoot with anything but available light."

www.harrylongstreet.com

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