ARTIST STATEMENT on PHOTOGRAPHY

“Drawing into Discovery” is a life long passion with the camera, yearning to capture the stunning variety of our great world. Photography is a medium that I am most at ease with when travelling, in moments of marvellous encounters. The camera, is a tool towards seeking the magic in something around and beyond me – from within the inner eye behind the lens. Colours in cultures and textures in time – both natural and manmade have caught my attention and imagination to seek a universal unity. “Portraits of People” are simply invocations of human experience.
Indeed, photography for me is one of the doors that lead to self-education; self-discovery and self-discipline. In this process “Drawing into Discovery”, for me is a universe of unlimited richness.

© Saleem Arif Quadri MBE, September 2000

Hand painted, unique photograph
Formatted unique photograph, 1968 -1977 (detail)
Formatted unique photograph, 1968 – 1977 (detail)

All hand printed by the Artist