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Robb Johnson
Featured in:
Silvershotz ~ Folios 2008
Artist's
Biography
Robb Johnson
creates haunting and mysterious black and white
photographs reminiscent of the chiaroscuro style
of the old Italian masters. The unusual atmospheric
conditions he finds by photographing in the dark
of night imbue his photographs with mystery. He
sets a stage where the actors seem to have just
stepped off or have yet to arrive for some unknown
drama. Johnson’s photographs evoke a world
where the viewer is free to explore with his or
her own emotions and awareness – a drama unbeknownst
but to them. Robb was a scholarship student at Art
Center College of Design and earned a BFA in Photography.
He worked in advertising photography for over 20
years, specializing in creating visual environments
for national hotels with his wife Dale. He decided
to turn his visual focus inward and pursue his art
for himself. His work has been featured in
B&W Magazine, Spotlight and B&W Single
Image for 2006, 2007 and 2008 and is currently shown
in the Art of Photography Show in San Diego, California.
Artist Statement ~
Along the Way
Along the Way is an
ongoing body of work comprised of allegorical landscapes
of a journey which is not linked to any specific
place; nor do they need to be. The landscapes could
exist just as easily in a dream scene as in the
real world. What is the real world? What is a dream?
Quatum Physicists have discovered that our reality
or world as we know it, is not what it appears to
be. Sir John Eckles, who won the Nobel Prize in
physiology and medicine several years ago, made
a statement, "I want you to understand that
there are no colors in the real world. That there
are no textures in the real world. There are no
fragrances in the real world. There is no beauty,
there is no ugliness. Nothing of the sort. Out there
is a chaos of energy soup and energy fields. Literally.
We take that and somewhere inside ourselves we create
a world. Somewhere inside ourselves in all happens."
The journey of our life. William Shakespheare wrote:
"All the world's a stage, And all the men and
women merely players; They have their exits and
their entrances." We are either the principal
player in our drama or a supporting player or even
a bit player in someone else's play. We create our
reality, which is our stage to where we live our
lives; Along the Way - our journey - our play. I
set the stage where players seem to have just stepped
off or have yet to arrive for some unknown drama.
As children, we always had questions like: "Where
was I before I was born? What am I doing here? Where
am I going?" We are all on a journey. Along
the Way, our private experiences, curiosity, inquiry
and selectivity are involved in our personal interpretation
of events. These shape and create our reality. Our
drama on our stage. The images I create evoke a
world where the viewer is free to explore with his
or her own emotions and awareness - a drama - unbeknownst
but to them.
~ Robb Johnson, 2009
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