In-sight

Where does a photograph reside? Sandwiched between mat boards and surrounded by a frame? Or is it an intangible thing that reveals itself in one's consciousness? I prefer to call my prints images and the experience that occurs within my mind's eye the photograph. Alas, so many photographs never cross over the bridge to become tangible images, Nonetheless, I relish those transcendent moments of In-sight.

I am interested in a variety of subject matter. Beauty, rhythm, grace and mystery attract my attention.

Themes that find their way into my images have to do with transience, loss, transcendence, incongruity and paradox. If the image has meaning it speaks first with a visual vocabulary and, perhaps, sometime in the future words can be found to express it.

I work in Black & White because that format undermines habitual seeing and encourages the creative art of seeing. Seeing this way can reveal the inherent poetry that lies within the most prosaic objects. And then there is the unique aesthetic to this genre that I find mesmerizing: the simple elegance of the subtly nuanced gray scale.

— Mark Bernstein, October 2020