(Left image: Atlanta Marriot; Right image: St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral by David Braitsch)
In 1949, when David Braitsch was four years old, he found a 35 mm camera in a parking lot. David says that his parents helped him at first “to just mess with this rather magical thing, and I was hooked by age 6.” Family and pets were his first subjects.
Since then David says that he takes photos practically every day. He likes to try new things and learn from mistakes. “I study other photographers’ images and methods. I have learned what one can reasonably accomplish in post processing and use this to help plan my images.” Though David enjoys researching and planning some of his images, he says that many of his images are “spur of the moment.” He doesn’t have a favorite genre of photography, but he seems to lean towards architecture and landscapes, which both require the same skills and planning.
Though David has not had any formal training in photography, he had extensive training in chemistry of both silver halide and digital photography during his 31 years working at Eastman Kodak Company and “lots of experience!”
David is inspired by other photographers. He enjoys spending time daily looking at their photos and “wondering how and why their images were created.” He says that he is also “really excited to observe the world around me.” He has a particular fondness for photographers who record history and people in a way that highlights the human spirit and resolve. “It’s a difficult area but incredibly rich in subject matter.”
Throughout the years, David has exhibited a variety of photos, including portraits, architecture, wildlife, still-life, digitally generated or digitally manipulated images, landscapes and many subjects in between. He says, “I like to show the viewers something they have not seen or may not have noticed before and would find interesting.”
David has been a Visiting Artist at Image City for the past 3 months. During September he displayed a series called “Still Life Technically,” for which he used rear screen projection, combined with light refraction and some amount of digital manipulation. In October David exhibited a landscape series depicting scenes from New Zealand. Currently David’s display in the Neuberger Gallery includes historic architectural treasures of upstate New York. David’s images are on display at Image City until November 24, 2024.
To see additional works, visit David’s website at https://www.dbraitsch.com
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