Photo by David Humphreys
In his photography, David Humphreys trafficks in both the analog and digital realms. In “The Fight,” the artist manipulated the focus and lighting of his subject to achieve the space-like atmosphere he desired. Rather than digitally adding leaves to the final image, he glued the foliage onto the canvas before printing.
A profile of photographer David Humphreys Amongst the surreal, sometimes jarring work of artist David Humphreys, there exists a common thread:
“Everything starts with a photograph,” said Humphreys. But from there, his path grows unpredictable.
Over the course of his thirty-four-year career, Humphreys has been manipulating and layering photographs, even before the advent of Photoshop and the user-friendly Instagram.
“Visualization and seeing is really the key,” he said. “Conceptualizing and using your mind to come up with something that doesn’t exist in reality. Here’s the way I put it: I don’t just take photos, I make photos.”
When photo-editing technology did gather steam, he welcomed the updates. “It’s an important aspect to my career, I think,” said Humphreys. “I learned how to create certain special effects in-camera that now I can do with Photoshop and other software.
“Sometimes you create failure, but you go past the failures and continue on until you have breakthroughs and create something special.” k
View more of Humphreys’ photographs and fine art at fabphotos.com.
