David Sault, ARPS
"As a student, many years ago I dipped my hands in chemicals, breathed in their fumes and chanted with the elephants whilst watching images appear in the murky liquid by magic. After a long break where life got in the way of the creative arts, I used my first digital camera and it gave me that same inspirational feeling again.
In the portfolios presented here, my guiding purpose has been to use photography as a medium to pursue my own creative vision and as a means of artistic expression.
Recently, ideas that have become important to me are to develop a connection to the natural world and also, to explore seasonal changes and our experience of time and memory using the medium of Fine Art photography."
Project Portfolios
Autumn Hanami
Hanami is a Japanese word which translates as "an appreciation of transient beauty".
In Japan, it refers to the seasonal changes, especially at spring cherry blossom time and in autumn with the reddening of the acers.
These are images taken from a portfolio which tries to capture some of that change expressed in different ways.
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Déja Vu
In this portfolio, my aim was to create images with a sense of mystery which would engage a viewer’s imagination and encourage them to create their own narrative.
I wanted this sense of mystery to hint at an unusual moment in time or sensing of strange coincidence; some fragment of memory not entirely recalled.
Metropolis
The sleek tunnels of concrete and steel on the Underground have, to me, always been reminiscent of scenes from the 1927 German Expressionist film “Metropolis” by Fritz Lang.
The film depicts a futuristic society with visions of small figures walking amongst huge, cold, modern structures.
With this idea in mind, I tried to capture some of the striking backdrops and views of perspective whilst travelling between stations.
Metropolis 1
Metropolis 2
Metropolis 3
Metropolis 4
Urban ICM - City Streets
Always exploring ways of representing familiar city surroundings in a new way, these images are taken from a portfolio which introduces intentional camera movement into the everyday city scenes.
