Eric Cahan

"My work is meant to capture a moment in nature, asking and empowering the viewer to be fully present, involved, and uplifted. I want the viewer to be drawn in, and be completely absorbed by, rather than separate from, that fleeting moment in time."

Eric Cahan is a NY- based photographer, who is mainly known for his beautiful sky series. Bits and pieces from his interview with the veine magazine:

<<The actual process is done with coloured resin filters I make myself and hold in front of the lens before I shoot a picture... I know the colours I am trying to conjure and choose the filter accordingly. >>

<<The way light behavesand interacts with the material of the sculptures depends entirely on their environment. if outdoors, earth and sky are visible through and filtered by their material, which is a polyester resin. If indoors, the resin will predominantely reflect the light around it, acting much like a prism.>>

<<I then print the work as many times as necessary so no blemishes appear and the viewer can be drawn in to the image, and to the moment I wanted to capture. >>

Eric is inspired by Imperessionists, Mark Rothko (which is very visible in his work, sometimes I could say it's the photographic hipster Rothko), and the Colour Theory, <<the science of how colours, tones and hues combine to create ... determinable results.>>

  Here is what he says in his interview with elephantjournal.com:

<<My works are titled as an archive to remind me of the experience, both physically and spiritually>> (this is wahy each of the photograph has a description: when and where it was taken).

<<To me, the sun is the ultimate source of light, so it only seemed natural to pursue that source. My photographs explore the magical light during a sunrise or a sunset.>>

Very gentle, hipster-coloured photographs, but I admire Eric in a way, it is quite a unique interpretation of 'keeping a record' of a physical and spiritual memory. Plus I'd never think the pictures are not Adobe-generated. He seems to be really dedicated to the subject. (boring)