Monday Post 3-2-08

Steve Hogle

I was searching for someone who draws on photographs when I stumbled across Steve Hogle's work. While he doesn't draw on his photographs, he photographs in a way that pulls them visually away from photography toward painting. In fact he calls his style of working "watercolor photography". Though his aesthetic is not the same as mine, there's something in his method of looking and what his eye seeks out that seems similar to mine. His photographs are meant to mimic water painting, while mine tend to have a rougher quality, and in some ways mimic acrylic painting. Either way we are both trying to pull away from the photographic look.
Steve Hogle is a self taught photographer was born on Feb,7 1960 in Southern Florida, and now lives on the Seacoast of New Hampshire.

Website:
http://stevehoglewatercolorphotos.ifp3.com/

Article:
http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/photographers/?inc=details&id=59096

Gallery:
http://www.nhartassociation.org/archive_gallery_2008.html