欧美视频

欧美视频 will host an artist exhibit featuring the photography of Steven Brown from Nov. 7-18 at the Driskill Art Gallery on the Bolivar campus.

Brown, an adjunct professor for 欧美视频鈥檚 art department, has had a love of photography for nearly his entire life.

鈥淎t the age of 12, I discovered my first camera store when my mother took me with her on a shopping trip to the nearby city,鈥� Brown said. 鈥淚 had noticed, going into the shop, that a few doors down was a camera store. I was immediately intrigued. I asked my mother if I could go in and look around. My mother was a very gracious woman who would always encourage me in any interest that I had, so of course she said yes.

鈥淭hat was the beginning of my journey with photography.鈥�

Brown鈥檚 work has been in two different areas during the past seven years.

鈥淥ne body of work explores the idea of the reduction of the image using the camera as well as digital manipulation,鈥� Brown said. 鈥淭hese images are about reducing distractions to the point that the image becomes even more focused through the use of camera angle, focal length and various tools found in Adobe Photoshop.

鈥淭he second body of work is a more overt manipulation of physical spaces that I visit. These images are captured in abandoned places which were once thriving and full of activity. I find discarded objects in these long forgotten places and wrap them in linen and photograph the result in such a way as to give the space a new form through the creation of art.鈥�

Brown describes photography as 鈥渇undamentally different than art forms, such as painting and drawing.鈥�

鈥淎 painting starts with a blank canvas,鈥� Brown said. 鈥淭he artist may have a fully formed idea of what the final piece will look like, but there is still the moment at the beginning of the creation of the art where the painter is faced with a blank piece of paper. This is not true for photographers. A photographer must decide what part of the world to show in the photograph before activating the shutter on the camera.鈥�

A reception for Brown will be held from 5-6:30 p.m. on Nov. 11 at the gallery.

For more information about the exhibit or the 欧美视频 art program, contact Dawn Katzer at 417-328-1651 or dkatzer@sbuniv.edu.