Bruce Fagin
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Digital Photography, 18 x 24 in., 2006, $450.00
Digital Photography, 18 x 24 in., 2006, $450.00
About The Artist
Artist Statement
As a native Washingtonian I stumbled onto the Caribbean Festival Parade here in D.C. back in 2006. It seemed to me to be the very definition of exuberance and celebration. The whole thing was new to me and the colors, the music, the crews, the dancing, the laughter was the perfect form for my camera to capture "celebration".
Prior to that moment I don't think that I had engaged with the concept of "celebration" in my photography. But that day I saw it and have made it my business to go back year after year to capture that essence.
Bio
Bruce Fagin is a native Washingtonian educated in its public schools. He began using a camera as part of his art education at Howard University. For the following twenty years he incorporated that art education and photography into his occupation as a graphic designer.
After retiring in 2013, from a national membership association, photography has been his avocation. Joining The Exposure Group African American Photographers Association in 2008 he has had the honor of being part of the association’s group shows and other group exhibits in the Washington DC area. He has also joined with other photographers at the invitation of Llewellyn Barry to participate in exhibits that “Lew” has mounted at the Chevy Chase Community Center. In 2013 Bruce united with Lisa Diop and Ed Savwoir in a photography exhibit at the Willow Street Gallery in northwest Washington D.C.
When asked what is your art about he answers, “I use my camera as a means of recording personal history and other images of interest; I became aware of the photograph as art itself. This is not a new idea, but this concept helped me move beyond photography as a modest recording of events, memories and portraits to seeing the world through my lens as if I were choosing elements for a painting.”
Bruce emphasizes dramatic light in all his photographs and saturated color when not shooting black and white. This reflects his perception on life, bright moments of illumination and mysterious occurrences of reaching out into the unfamiliar.
As a native Washingtonian I stumbled onto the Caribbean Festival Parade here in D.C. back in 2006. It seemed to me to be the very definition of exuberance and celebration. The whole thing was new to me and the colors, the music, the crews, the dancing, the laughter was the perfect form for my camera to capture "celebration".
Prior to that moment I don't think that I had engaged with the concept of "celebration" in my photography. But that day I saw it and have made it my business to go back year after year to capture that essence.
Bio
Bruce Fagin is a native Washingtonian educated in its public schools. He began using a camera as part of his art education at Howard University. For the following twenty years he incorporated that art education and photography into his occupation as a graphic designer.
After retiring in 2013, from a national membership association, photography has been his avocation. Joining The Exposure Group African American Photographers Association in 2008 he has had the honor of being part of the association’s group shows and other group exhibits in the Washington DC area. He has also joined with other photographers at the invitation of Llewellyn Barry to participate in exhibits that “Lew” has mounted at the Chevy Chase Community Center. In 2013 Bruce united with Lisa Diop and Ed Savwoir in a photography exhibit at the Willow Street Gallery in northwest Washington D.C.
When asked what is your art about he answers, “I use my camera as a means of recording personal history and other images of interest; I became aware of the photograph as art itself. This is not a new idea, but this concept helped me move beyond photography as a modest recording of events, memories and portraits to seeing the world through my lens as if I were choosing elements for a painting.”
Bruce emphasizes dramatic light in all his photographs and saturated color when not shooting black and white. This reflects his perception on life, bright moments of illumination and mysterious occurrences of reaching out into the unfamiliar.
