Curator’s 3rd Place Selection
Rotten Tomato by Al Weems
AMANDA KIDD-KESTLER:
“I am drawn to the abstract quality of this photograph. It reads as something vegetal, but it shines in its vagueness.”
Rotten Tomato
Step
Thorns
Al Weems
AL WEEMS
Sutton, MASSACHUSETTS, USA
Al Weems is an American photographer based in New England, who creates images with his camera and his imagination. Everything begins at the point of seeing, and with mastering color and light. Al’s intuitive approach enables him to capture the essence of his subjects so eloquently in portraiture, as if taking a little plunge into their soul with the shutter of his lens. Ethereal landscape scenes and natural textures of the environment are common elements, as they resonate with a sense of permanence and stability.