rudyumans

One of the things I try to focus on are the mystical and spiritual sides of my subjects, especially with my black and white landscape pictures. As a member of the Baha’i faith, the second most widespread world religion, I realize that we are all the drops of one ocean and the leaves of one tree. Everything is connected and hopefully that notion shines through in my work! It is my conviction that to capture a subject as good as you can, you must love and understand that subject. Even if it is just for a very brief moment in time, there is this creation of a relationship based on love, understanding, and respect. When I am at that point, I feel a form of intimacy with the subject, regardless of what that subject might be. This form of intimacy is for me more present and pronounced shooting with film than with digital. Don’t know if it is spiritual, but either way, pretty darn close. That phenomena is even stronger for me with pinhole photography. There are fewer technical things to worry about. Getting into that state of mind with a vintage camera is icing on the cake.