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Robert Creamer

Saturday, October 19 - 11:00AM to 12:00PM
Kingsley Ballroom - North

This will be a demonstration of the use of a large flat bed scanner as a camera, to include a display of large prints and a slide show of images created with this process.The scanner can be used as an optical lens-less camera. Three-dimensional objects of interest can be placed directly on the glass, suspended from above, or by armatures supporting my subject. The resulting images made by the scanner as a camera offers a wealth of information described with remarkable clarity and a unique point of view. My innovative scanner capture technique allows flexibility by putting the scanner on its side, inverted, or used as intended. I have been able to fireproof the scanner allowing me to scans botanicals while ignited. I have also constructed a water table allowing me to float my subjects in water while they are scanned. This new work concentrates on a blend of interests in technology and how it allows me to visually describe and create previously unstudied imagery. The work began as "look what technology can reveal" to my present command over technique to have it work for me and my intentions. Digital technology is a vital and integral part of this process but is not what interests me most. The scanner is a tool that enhances my ability to observe. These images are about time, transformation and transitions. The expansive surrounding deep black becomes graphic shapes that isolate yet allow the subject to merge towards the viewer. It is that, teamed with my imagination that allows me to search, analyze, observe speculate, and capture the true essence of my investigations. My imagination and determination in conjunction with a new understanding of patience constantly gives birth to new ideas. Concepts of composition and the decisive moment provide new rules to break.

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