These few words hopefully explain how I understand my position in the world of Fine Art as a photographer: it has long been said that the appreciation of any piece of art lives between the known - viewer's rational response - and the unknown - viewer's emotional response. Throughout my imagery, whether in color, infrared or black and white, I give the viewer my interpretation of that 'in-between'.

Three quotations that steer my photography the most: 

Wassily Kandinsky – pioneer of abstract painting – said that “color is a power which directly influences the soul”. 

Aaron Siskind - "We look at the world and we see what we have learned to believe is there. We have been conditioned to expect...but, as photographers, we must learn to relax our beliefs."

Elliott Erwitt - "To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them."

I hope you enjoy viewing what I have 'seen' so far. If you have general questions or wish to know the specifics of purchasing prints - high quality photo-paper prints-framed, metal prints - or to license images, please Contact me. All watermarks are removed before print production.

Thank you for visiting,
Karen Hanley Colbert
Florida, USA