September 27, 2011
Pure Jealousy
(Image: California Sea Lions #1 – Copyright 2011 by Chuck Davis)
My oft cited reason for “Photographic Celibacy“ is that I don’t want to copy the work of others, but there is in truth another reason; jealousy.
When I look at great work I become very jealous and wish that I had created something that wonderful. This happened to me today as I was putting my new and unopened copy of LensWork into the “give away” pile. I saw an image on the cover that stopped me dead in my tracks, an underwater image of sea nettles that caused a chill to go down my spine. I raced to devour the rest of the images and found they were created by Chuck Davis, an underwater photographer and cinematographer out of Pacific Grove, CA.
One of my loves in life is scuba diving and I’ve always longed to see great black and white, fine art, underwater images. Now at last I have and I am jealous.
Please check out Chuck’s website, he has such a variety of incredible images, and please drop him a line expressing how you feel about them. I think they are magnificent!
Cole
Yes, great portfolio!
Thank you for the recommendation! That’s a beautiful shot and I could see some more in his site as you said!
For me the great master of this kind of photography is Wayne Levin: http://www.waynelevinimages.com/images/index.php?album=WATER+PEOPLE%2FSURFERS&image=Floating+%28B-14%29.jpg
Pure poetry. Please, let me know if you agree and don’t miss it if you didn’t know his work!
Glad to know that I’m not the only one who gets jealous of others! I’ve come across Chuck’s work in the past and he does do great work. Thanks for sharing.
Chuck’s work is outstanding, though it’s not something I’m drawn to. Personally, the guy I find myself being jealous of is you. Your Ghosts of Auschwitz and Birkenau has been “haunting” me ever since I saw it in LensWork several years ago. I’m going to Auschwitz in November for the first time and, while I won’t attempt to copy your work, your influence will certainly be a factor in my own photography.
Thank you for sharing Cole, the Pelagia series is truly amazing. Perhaps once Chuck sees your work, he may be jealous as well…
wink wink…