TITLE: moments of clarity

I can not tell the viewer what to get out of these images when I myself am not sure what I get out of them. In truth the finished image does little for me. It is the miles walked in silent contemplation in searching out these images that gave me a feeling. Maybe it was a feeling of bliss, balance, meaning, euphoria, etc etc... Perhaps the best I can hope for is some of that will translate and shine through for the viewer in this series.

AUTHOR: Matthew Hall (United States)

Photography is escapism for me. As an extreme introvert and neurotic my first steps into photography came with great pain and fear, the thought "there goes the freak with his camera" often entering my mind as I wandered the streets. To this day that thought and the pain still sometimes accompanies me, but it is sometimes countered by a feeling of release and exhileration as I trip the shutter at the right time in the right place. When things are really flowing on my aimless wanderings of intense looking I occasionally experience bliss. That bliss has kept me going back out and searching in spite of the pain and fear. My hope is that the resulting images are able to give some feeling for the viewer as well, whatever that feeling may be.