"I am an artist, not a documentarian. My work doesn’t end at the snap of the shutter – the resultant image is like a sketch or underpainting. It’s my job to take it the rest of the way, to develop it to the point of communication, clarity, wonder, beauty: a finished piece of art. I don’t consult Muses, nor do I consider ultimate questions as I photograph; though I am often at my most spiritual when I shoot or process an image. But that means that I am indulging in the joy of experimentation - that I play, perceive, explore, that a bit of who I am solar-flares into my art, my photographs.

"I make my decisions based upon wonder as an emotion. To me, a piece of art should convey impressiveness and cleverness in its form and in its message. This attitude informs my work. My goal is to give the viewer something to dream about, and I shoot with this in mind.

"Much of my newer work has taken an experimental turn. I am trying to push what a camera can do and what people normally expect of a photograph. I have shifted to the use of alternative lo-fi and experimental lenses, reflections, intentional camera movement and digital effects, to create images that are impressionistic or abstract. Regardless of realism or lack of it, I try to create with a sense of romance that magic is still possible."

Brian Griffiths

Bio

Brian Griffiths is an artist and photographer living in the Greater Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area. His initial interest in art was sparked in his early teens when he would “borrow” for long lengths of time a fantasy art book owned by his older brother; from it Brian taught himself the basics of drawing and gained an appreciation of vision and other-worldliness in art. While in college he was introduced to the camera as an artistic tool and began a love affair with photography that’s lasted nearly a decade and a half. In 1998 Brian graduated from Lycoming College in Williamsport, Pennsylvania with a BA in Studio Art. Since then, he lives and creates in southeastern Pennsylvania, his art often haunting reflections of the local landscape.

Contact Brian at brian@briangriffithsphoto.com.