DIGITAL PHOTO ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY DON O. THORPE

Modern Impressionist Photography by Don O. Thorpe
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A Special Kind of Impressionist Photography by Don O. Thorpe

RURAL ROOTS

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When I was a boy on my grandfather's farm, I would lay in the dark watching the passing lights of cars reflected off the old pole gate at the top of the hill. I wondered where they were going and if any of them would stop for a while. It was a magical time of hope and expectancy.
       The gate has long since fallen down, and I now live in a city where the lights are bright and a whirl of activity continually surrounds me. As I sit in my big city house near the sounds of thundering buses and sighing cars, I sometimes think about the old gate and the lights at the top of the hill. And when I'm walking alone with my camera in the sunshine, I can still smell the fresh country dust and see the warm evening glow of yesterday.
       As a photographer and writer with roots in Southern Utah, I have tried to recapture the magic and the tranquil values of my rural past. So where ever I go, I often find myself looking for nostalgic images that are a reflection of those long-ago memories.

IMPRESSIONIST APPROACH
     These images are best conjured by Impressionist techniques. Strong emotions are at the center of the photographs I produce, and I like to call them Photo Impressionism.
        I delight working with digital equipment and the image enhancement they provide. They allow me to reach into the variances of expression that were only available to an artist with a brush just a few years ago. Now it is possible to express some of my deepest feelings and spontaneous impressions using these newer techniques.

--- Don O. Thorpe