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Birch on the Rocks Guardians of the Dark Highlands Mist One Second Til Sunset Shenandoah Sunrise Standing in Obscurity Assimilation
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J. Riley Stewart in the field

I enjoy writing about my 45-year passion for making artful images from nature and historic architecture. There’s a deliberate reason why I choose to make a photograph. It’s because I want to remember the moment–or more specifically the questions that strike me during the moment. The ‘questioning’ is a huge part of art: that's where the stories begin. And the stories are a huge part of why I’m a photographer in the first place. Why are we on this earth if not to remember our experiences, our stories; to learn something from them, and to pass them on?"


-No other artistic medium stimulates the questioning part of our brains quite like photography.-

Recent Posts

  • Photography As A Time-Recording Device
  • The Power of Mystery in Images
  • Taking, then Making a Photograph
  • Why do artists make art?
  • Art Requires a Bit of “Stewing”
  • What makes a photograph good?
  • The Nostalgia of Still Life Images
  • What’s in a Name?
  • Photographs deceive, but in a good way
  • Something to Say About Photographic Narratives
  • Florence Nightingale, Art, and Healing
  • We take pictures of what we see….and what sees us.
  • Seeing things that aren’t there…until you look
  • Small Town Virginia Project
  • Looking for the positives in the aftermath- beauty in devastation
  • Why do we love pictures of iconic subjects?
  • Are we just a bunch of sun-worshippers?
  • Escaping the noise of summer: Do you have a “quiet space?”
  • About chiaroscuro- clarity with mystery
  • Do you have fun with images?
  • Why are we so drawn to trees?
  • Artful Images and the Question of context
  • Where do you go to get a bit of fantasy?
  • He said “change the world”…..and maybe there’s a way.
  • The Romance of the Carolina Lowcountry
  • Is there a lingering bias against photography in the ‘fine art world’?
  • Revelations about art and artists: Art can reduce stress…..or it can create it.
  • A Study in Luminosity: What photographers can learn from other artists.
  • Artistic License and “photoshopping”
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