The new September-October exhibition at Jing Jo Gallery features the Southern Highlands photographer, Chris Sutton. Chris has a lovely feel for the abstract in his surroundings. It demonstrates his point: “The challenge for any photographer is not just to show what a place or subject looks like, it’s to convey how it feels. A sense of place can be purely derived from how it looks, but for most people it comes from experiencing the place, what the weather was like, the light, the sounds.
“In recent years I’ve worked with a widening range of photographic techniques to show how a place feels to me. As I’ve done so, my images have evolved and many now inhabit a space between realist and abstract, but no matter what technique I use for a particular image, the goal is to express what it felt like to be there. As a consequence, I’m less concerned about technical perfection and more focused on the story and emotion of the moment. The tools I use to realise that goal are whatever I have to hand, and both cameras and phone serve equally well.”
Chris’s works in the show are drawn from several photographic inspirations: people, flowers, wild light and architecture.
Lone Photographer photograph 53x66cmStrength in Adversity photograph 60x91cmLow Tide, Normandy Photograph 45x66 cmBetween Night and Day photograph 45x66cmTree and Yachts - Church Point, Newport photograph 40x61cmPerception - European Gallery of Photography photograph 33x33cmSunset and Storm, Oxley’s Hill, Southern Highlands Photograph 40x61 cmComplexity Photograph 40x61 cmElegance Photograph 33x35 cmA life well lived Photograph 45x50 cmLost, Central Station Photograph 45x66 cmRod, a street portrait Photograph 43x50 cmVictorian Splendour - Goulburn Post Office Photograph 45x66 cmHighlands Dreaming Photograph 40x53 cmOn the Bong Bong Track - Southern Highlands Photograph 45x66 cmBetween Night and Day Photograph 45x66 cmEarly Morning - Normandy Photograph 45x66 cmSolitude, Caen Photograph 50x66 cmShadows, Paris Metro Photograph 45x66 cmHarbour View, Sydney Harbour Photograph 60x91 cmImitation - Exeter Sunset Photograph 45x66 cmTouched by the Sun - Canola Fields, Switzerland Photograph 68x81 cmSunshine Beach Reimagined Photograph 25x50 cmAll the land is filled with mystery - Wakatipu Photograph 23x35 cmSea Pool, Avalon Beach Photograph 35x50 cmPrison Grove Photograph 45x67cmBaking Sun, Shimmering Sand and Cooling Waves - Corrimal Beach Photograph 38x50 cmStorm Clouds, Sunshine Beach Photograph 35x50 cmTangled - Eucalyptus, Tourist Road Photograph 45x66 cmSwirling Daisies Photograph 68x101 cm
