The Sacred Elegance
of Contradiction
Paul Duane Photography
Taking pictures is savoring life intensely; every hundredth of a second.
All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth.
If you can create something time cannot erode, something which ignores the eccentricities of particular eras or moments, something truly timeless … this is the “ultimate victory”.
Photography
from the Greek: phōs (light) + graphé (writing)
– “to write with light.”
I approach image making in the same way I’d carefully pen a descriptive paragraph – with clarity and economy of words. Each element of a photograph is a piece of visual language. The shapes, lines, and gradients of black and white are my favorite phrases.
I accept a limited number of commissions per year. If you are interested in working together, please fill out an application. We will discuss your project to determine if we are the right fit.
