Creative Photography Photographer to Viewer David Rurik « AP conference » January 1-2, 2012 As an amateur photographer I have recognized the need for a simplicity in how an audience is asked to view an image. Many times images are presented with other visual media or text around then and without conscious attention to the concept that images can truly speak for themselves. Viewers should be asked to become enveloped in the creative process that the photographer starts when he begins to conceptualize the image. This process becomes photography. If it was only up to the photographer, there would be no reason to share images and thus the viewer is or rather should be a crucial part of the process. How do we do this in a time when the image is nearly always presented with a simple description if not an article or story attached? I suggest we practice as viewers. Look at images and take time to let the image itself tell a story. Here’s how I have begun to make this change in my own experience. I have found several sites on which images are commonly posted and I take time to view each one for what it is prior to exploring the subtitles or descriptions. Several of these sites are represented here in the right column. Also included is contact is links to the limited online selection of my own work from various classes as well as my presentation. David Rurik Photography Email [email protected] Flickr page Slideware presentation flickr.com/photos/dwrurik/ slideshare.net/drurik/slideware-presentation Suggested Photography Websites Photo.net NYT Lens Blog