About Dottie
Baltimore City
Much has gone missing in our pandemic years. People and our way of life top the list of the missing. But, with the world in slow motion, we have had much time to become cognizant of the many facets of our world that are disappearing. It is alarming to watch people, animals, birds, habitats, civility and political systems disappear.
My photographic work over the last couple of years depicts disappearance. Each series undergoes a transition from the detailed and distinct to an… more
Jump to a project:
Movement-Greyed
As photographic images approach black and white, the focus is on texture and tonal range. Color becomes an accent in the composition. My moving camera capture technique was quick and erratic for these images and I worked with various sharpening techniques in developing the image.
-
6-Stanzas-DCampbell.jpgImpressions of musical forms / 24” x 36” Pigment Ink Photographic Print
-
Disc
-
Puzzled
-
10-Waters Below-DCampbell.jpgMoving water and camera creating impressions of fountain and stream / 24” x 36” Pigment Ink Photographic Print
-
11-Glass on Glass-DCampbell.jpgCamera-movement enlivened highlights on glass surfaces / 24” x 36” Pigment Ink Photographic Print
-
12-Sun on Strands-DCampbell.jpgCamera movement assisting the wind through winter trees / 24” x 36” Pigment Ink Photographic Print
-
Native Histories
-
Inscriptions
-
15-Cultural Artifact-DCampbell.jpgRough surfaces and design enlivened by sunlight and camera movement / 24” x 36” Pigment Ink Photographic Print
Movement-Soft
The Movement-Soft portfolio delves into the photographic abstraction that is a result of my camera movement at the time of capture. For this portfolio, I used larger, freer movements of the camera in order to free compositions of photographic detail and to create a softening of form and blending of color. In some images, the motion of the subject suggested the movement pattern for the camera. Throughout this portfolio, I wanted to enliven the painterly attributes of the image.
-
Flaxen Flare
-
DCampbell-Bundling Current.jpgImpressions of irrigated blossoms in San Diego 24” x 36” Pigment Ink Photographic Print
-
Fragments and DivisionsImpression of gharial and environment 24” x 36” Pigment Ink Photographic Print
-
Greenhouse Gesture
-
Washed Sky SquareThis 20" x 20" photograph is printed with pigment ink on satin photographic paper.
-
DCampbell-Treasure-2.jpgImpression of moving basket 24” x 36” Pigment Ink Photographic Print
-
DCampbell-Warming Shadows-2.jpgImpression of garden sunlight 24” x 36” Pigment Ink Photographic Print
-
DCampbell-Streaming-2.jpgImpressions of fish in flowing waters 24” x 36” Pigment Ink Photographic Print
-
DCampbell-Streak-2.jpgAqueous impression 24” x 36” Pigment Ink Photographic Print
-
DCampbell-Plumes-2_.jpgImpression of flames and feathers 24” x 36” Pigment Ink Photographic Print
Movement-Geons
In 1987, American vision scientist Irving Biederman theorized that human beings mentally break down images into simple geometric shapes in order to make sense of them. These simple geometric shapes are called geons.
Geons are used to anchor the movement in this portfolio of photographs. The geons are embellished and softened by my moving camera capture. The context of these photographs is not clear and the photographic detail is blurred, but the geons allow the viewer a safe platform, an organizing structure, from which they can investigate the abstraction of the images.
Geons are used to anchor the movement in this portfolio of photographs. The geons are embellished and softened by my moving camera capture. The context of these photographs is not clear and the photographic detail is blurred, but the geons allow the viewer a safe platform, an organizing structure, from which they can investigate the abstraction of the images.
-
1-A Slow Burn-DCampbell.jpgSpinning Earth...getting hotter / 24” x 36” Pigment Ink Photographic Print
-
2-Circlet-DCampbell.jpgLooking through textured hardness / 24” x 36” Pigment Ink Photographic Print
-
3-Artistic Coffins-DCampbell.jpgAn awareness of closure / 24” x 36” Pigment Ink Photographic Print
-
4-Entering Through-DCampbell.jpgLeaving the sky and moving through irregular corridors / 24” x 36” Pigment Ink Photographic Print
-
5-Grooved Garage-DCampbell.jpgMy movement design on the garage / 24” x 36” Pigment Ink Photographic Print
-
6-Record-DCampbell.jpgMovement impression of toroid graphic / 24” x 36” Pigment Ink Photographic Print
-
Spikes OnImpressions of reflection on base of industrial metal. Image from the Movement-Geons portfolio / 24” x 36” Pigment Ink Photographic Print
Thespian Landscapes
Since a steady camera is not required for my moving camera capture, I am able to photograph in environments where the light is very low. In these low light environments, my camera motion has a painterly and flattening effect. The movement-created textures in the images can be very complex because the slow shutter speed enables more choreography of camera movements. This portfolio is designed to have a theatrical effect, like landscapes illuminated and set on a stage.
-
Diaphanous SectionsThis 20” x 30” photograph is printed with pigment ink on photographic rag paper.
-
Transmuted GladeThis 36" x 24" photograph is printed with pigment ink on satin photographic paper.
-
Nocturnal GerminationThis 20” x 30” photograph is printed with pigment ink on photographic rag paper.
-
Budding EscarpmentThis 20” x 30” photograph is printed with pigment ink on photographic rag paper.
-
Circumscribed UndergrowthThis 24” x 20” photograph is printed with pigment ink on satin photographic paper.
-
Windswept LightThis 36" x 24" photograph is printed with pigment ink on satin photographic paper.
-
Ancient LairThis 30” x 20” photograph is printed with pigment ink on photographic rag paper.
-
Unstable AtmosphereThis 36" x 24" photograph is printed with pigment ink on satin photographic paper.
-
Sky IntrusionThis 36" x 24" photograph is printed with pigment ink on satin photographic paper.
-
Filtered DaylightThis 24" x 36" photograph is printed with pigment ink on satin photographic paper.
Movement-Sharpened
Using fast, erratic camera movements and novel sharpening techniques I have created these images that evoke the fast pace of modern life
-
Upper StoriesThis 24" x 36" photograph is printed with pigment ink on satin photographic paper.
-
Neighbor's GateThis 36" x 24" photograph is printed with pigment ink on satin photographic paper.
-
LateThis 24" x 36" photograph is printed with pigment ink on satin photographic paper.
-
Closely MosaicThis 24" x 36" photograph is printed with pigment ink on satin photographic paper.
-
Passing AlongThis 24" x 36" photograph is printed with pigment ink on satin photographic paper.
-
Pattern DividersThis 24" x 36" photograph is printed with pigment ink on satin photographic paper.
-
Perforated LightThis 24" x 36" photograph is printed with pigment ink on satin photographic paper.
-
Washed Sky SquareThis 20" x 20" photograph is printed with pigment ink on satin photographic paper.
-
Hurried Glaze
-
Storm WindsThis 24" x 36" photograph is printed with pigment ink on satin photographic paper.