Tom Chambers
© Great photography can be created by finding a moment of chance, by seeing the right gesture, by encountering the right light, and by framing a striking composition that places all the elements in relationship with each other. Great photography can also be imagined and created by mixing elements of reality in ways that become a new imaginary world, different from our real life but able to touch our feelings. Photography becomes then a dream of our reality. This is how I see the work of Tom Chambers. His images are both so real and so surreal that I have to respond to them. They become part of a story that I like to know about.
Usually, photography by its nature wants to document a precise moment in time. My work doesn’t consist of documenting but rather illustrating fleeting moods that can’t be captured by a traditional camera or seen by the naked eye. Therefore, I consider myself to be both an illustrator and a photographer. My grandfather was a painter. Maybe I am following a family tradition within a different artistic realm. Tom Chambers
You can read several interviews with Tom at his website. If you are interested to learn more about his photo- compositions look here, with a description on how the final image of the car and girl below was created by visualizing the collage of a lake, with a classic car, and his neighbor’s daughter. Tom’s work will be exhibited at the Oswald Gallery until October 30th.
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Thanks for posting about Tom Chambers. His stuff is really cool. The PDF interview on the lake images was great.