Glenn Sherman
Member Photographer
Artist Statement
The photographs that I find most arresting and inspirational are those that present the common uncommonly, the ordinary extraordinarily. Such opportunities can be found in a junkyard, a stately forest or on a street corner. I've been mesmerized by how a photograph of a pay phone at night can speak wordlessly to a lost era, or how scenes from a typical American street such as Grand Avenue can jar and provoke thought all at the same time. It's not the camera or the film so much as the perspective of the photographer in seeing a scene in a way that transforms it. Photography offers the chance to create and share perspectives that are novel, sometimes uncomfortable, and hopefully inspirational.
The photos in the portfolio don't have a theme but represent some of the types of objects and scenes I am drawn to: shadows, textures, circles, vases, pots, paths, fences, telephone poles, dark clouds, white clouds, fog and barbed wire to name to few.
Portfolio
