Jeff Bark’s photography likens the traditions of the old masters style of painting, photographing on a studio set of enormous proportions he pays meticulous attention to detail. It is more about removing light, than adding it. Bark explains, “When I am ready to photograph my subject, there is practically not much light coming from strobes. I use long exposures and that is what gives the effect of a painting. It looks as if the light is illuminating from the subject rather than onto it.” Bark’s use of light and shadow are created manually and not digitally. Whether saturated in mute color, or rich with the blue hues of the moonlight, Bark’s work draws out the volatile beauty of his subjects and settings in juxtaposition as a visual inspiration from past art movements.
documentary: Jeff Bark, Between painting and photography
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