My projects are diverse, but there are commonalities. 

I emphasize composition, tone, texture, light and line.  I photograph what I love.  My heart lives in all of my work. The Page Brook project, a collective portrait of my favorite stream, blends representational with abstraction. Impro Topo offers real and imaginary topographies as light filters through fabric. Home Body keeps alive the memory of my parents by exploring imprints of time and family on my boyhood home. 

For me, photography is engagement with life.  As I age, I become more contemplative, open to “the everyday,” and grateful.

When I make photographs, I often experience what Weston called “the flame of recognition.” Something I see connects with me. I consider what has captured my attention.  A relationship emerges. I absorb the beauty as the beauty absorbs me. I lose myself, becoming a part of something much larger. It is serene exhilaration.

©JW Johnston