Featured Artist: MATTHEW WILBOURNOpening Reception: FRIDAY, JANUARY 12TH 2018– from 5pm to 8pm
Type of Art: FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY
Exhibit Beginning: JANUARY 1, 2018 Exhibit Ending: JANUARY 29, 2018
Location: GALLERY AT MARINA SQUARE, 601 EMBARCADERO, SUITE 10, MORRO BAY, CA 93442
Event Contact Number: 805-772-1068
Artist Statement:
“I’m passionate about taking a photograph where you feel something. I want not only to capture the scene but I want you to almost feel the wave coming in, or feel the wind as you look at Half Dome. I want my pictures to inspire you to feel like you’re falling into them.
“I remember in one of my photo classes I asked of the Professor what he thought of a photo? He said, ‘Matt, what do you think of it? Do you like it? If so, then what does it matter what I might think of it?’ Maybe the picture was terrible, but what I felt he was saying to me is photography is what you make of it. If you like it, enjoy it. What this did for me was it freed me of pre-conceptions and set me on a course of taking risks in my own photographs.
“I remember in one of my photo classes I asked of the Professor what he thought of a photo? He said, ‘Matt, what do you think of it? Do you like it? If so, then what does it matter what I might think of it?’ Maybe the picture was terrible, but what I felt he was saying to me is photography is what you make of it. If you like it, enjoy it. What this did for me was it freed me of pre-conceptions and set me on a course of taking risks in my own photographs.
“My favorite quote by John Muir: ‘Keep close to Nature’s heart… and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.’ “
FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY by MATTHEW WILBOURN