Styrous® Statement

On a visual level, my earliest childhood influences were painters rather than photographers. Photographer awareness came to me later. They were Adams, Modotti, Muybridge, Lang, Strand, Brassaï, Mapplethorpe and Cartier-Bresson. I took Styrous® as my "pen name" in the late '80s.

When I photograph something or someone, I see a complete picture or painting through my viewfinder. I compose and structure at the moment of the shot. I do not crop or alter my images after the shoot. The printed photograph is what I saw at the time the image was taken, always with the light available at that moment. The result is often more like a painting than a photograph.

You can see my work here. I hope you enjoy it.

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