Gerald Peterson

HOMEPAGE

In former days people believed the statement: “the camera doesn’t lie”. Every photograph is the truth. It shows us reality. Photographers know that this statement is not true. In the analogue darkroom photographers could use, amongst other things,  dodging and burning techniques to change the appearance of the photograph to his or her liking. Nowadays with digital photography, the manipulation possibilities have exploded and are easily accessible to a larger public. Even if the photograph has not been manipulated (“it comes straight out of the camera”) one still can’t speak of objectivity. The photograph is an extension of the personality of the photographer. This is most obvious when you ask ten photography students to take a photograph of the same object. All ten photographs will be different. On this photography website you will find my interpretation of a part of “reality”. I hope you enjoy your stay on my website. Photograph of me, on the right hand side, made by colleague photographer Ron Beekmans.