Baker Artist Portfolios

BIO
A high school student in Washington, DC during the late 1970’s,
Duane began his creative journey at the Urban Journalism
Workshop under Lew Berry. He graduated from Boston University
in 1982 with a degree in Journalism. Working briefly as a
photojournalist, he then had a career as a photographer’s
assistant in Boston and New York City, until establishing Duane
Winfield Photography in 1998. His photography has appeared in
cookbooks, magazines and advertisements. His fine art
photography and intaglio prints are also held in private
collections. Presently, Duane is in his seventh year as Apprentice
Printmaker with Master Printmaker Percy B. Martin at WD
Workshop in Silver Spring, Maryland and currently resides in
Baltimore, Maryland USA.

ARTIST STATEMENT
Photography to printmaking, negative to matrix. All images are
latent until developed and printed on paper. Photography allows
for the capture of what is seen and composed in the present,
within that fleeting moment. With printmaking, I merge 13th and
21st century technologies. Using free hand, camera, computer
and inkjet printer, as well as found and created objects, I create
organic shapes and patterns, resulting in abstract monoprints
and photogravure like prints. Creating in a non-toxic workspace,
photopolymer plates are etched by ultraviolet light and water.
Opaque markings on the plate become soft when exposed to
ultraviolet light and washes away with water, creating the
recesses that hold ink. Areas unmarked become hard and form
the surface. Bold marks, depth, texture, color and movement
best describe my work.