Darrin Harris Frisby
"…To express yourself as you are, without any intentional, fancy way of adjusting yourself, is the most important thing."-Shunryu Suzuki
I live my life in a 'seen' world..... a Son of a Photographer and Grandson of a fine art collector, I have been admiring the visual arts as long as I can recall.
I delight most in photographing People. There is an essential beauty in humanity at its core level ..... the sparkling quality life that each person possesses. I am inspired by the way people choose to interact with their physical environment....the way they dance...the way they play and more often than not, soul as seen through ones eyes.
In each encounter, I am always amazed, compelled and awed by Humans in their quality of 'Being'. At the end of the day, all people are similar in their shared desire to be seen and captured on film with dignity and grace. May it be so in my creative process, in my work and, in all my relations.
:: The following is a brief Artist Statement and Essay by Peter Lindbergh, New York, June 1996 ::
"Creativity is the basis of self-expression. Why are some people supposedly more creative than others, and why can't others open themselves up enough to be able to express who they are?
Creation is the birth of something, and something cannot come from nothing. When someone creates something: a painting, a poem, a photograph, the creativity comes from an idea, from a feeling, from emotion, or from a combination of ideas, feelings and emotions that are somehow "reborn" from all our experiences and perspectives.
Creativity is the desire to express ourselves. To formulate these expressions, we have to draw from our "reservoir" of experience, dreams, desires, and experimentation and mix together what was, what is, and what could be… I don't think you can learn it, it is rather something that evolves. Your perception of everything in your life fills up this reservoir.
Some people are drawn to create and express themselves, others are drawn to reflect, to analyze. But in the end, they all could be creative if they had the desire to explore the way in which they are integrated in the world of their experiences. Because creativity is really a rebirth, a true tone we feel for ourselves and for our world. Then our work becomes a real part of who we are. Maybe all this is a question of how deep we are willing to go…"