Joseph Holmes, born in 1952, he is currently 69 years old.
Personal background. Born in Berkeley California, Joseph had a normal childhood, and by the time he was a teenager he was fascinated by landscape and photography. He would spend summers in the Sierra Nevada mountains, capturing images on tape. And, after being inspired by a club book, he began to pursue photography as a career. He graduated from the University of Berkeley with a degree in natural resource conservation. Originally constructing his own dark room, he's evolved with technology throughout the years.
Style. As far as I can tell, Josephs work is mainly just focusing in capturing the world's beauty. Sometimes it feels like it's from the perspective of an animal, like a deer when the picture was taken in a forest. Or a frog when a picture is right at the edge of a pond. It gives a sense of calmness, and peace. Sometimes he takes photos of cities though, and those pictures feel like they could be from the perspective of a bird.
Philosophy. I believe they where social in nature, and that they were trying to bring light to the beauty of nature, along with some unintended beauty humanity had created. I believe he was trying to bring light to places that were becoming endangered. And to try and raise awareness for the future of nature itself.
Influences. Some of Josephs influences include the mountains he grew up with as a kid. Along with this, as he lives in NYC he sees a lot of constructed, man made beauty. Joseph has always loved the outdoors, and spending time in new places always gives him some sort of influence to create new pieces of art.
Compare and contrast. Each of my images use the opposite as a base, but build off of them. The best example being the lily pads. The first image I took was probably too early in the season, so the trees and ground was very barren. The second image I took at the same time as the third much later, and the colors match that.
Personal artist statement. Each of my images follows a baseplate of Joseph Holmes images, but is unique enough from some of them to stand on their own. The lily pads demonstrate this best. They show my images can remain unique from a template of another image, just keeping one or two factors.