I cannot remember a time in my life when I did not have some type of camera close to hand. My father introduced me to my first camera (a Box Brownie) and the magic of photography when I was a kid. Since then, it has been a long and frustrating but also rewarding learning experience - struggling to find my own path through it all. In doing so, I have also found a path through life that I feel has meaning; it has become an important part of who I am.
The photons of light born in the core of the Sun struggle against gravity for a million years (yes, quite literally one million years) to reach its surface, and then take a mere eight minute leap across the void to illuminate our world. Light, like any other form of electromagnetic radiation has no more intrinsic color or brightness to it than radio waves; it is only when it strikes the retina and initiates a cascade of neurologically mediated electro-chemical reactions, and cognitive processes in the brain that it paints a glowing spectrum of colors on the world around us. This is just one of the many amazing results of billions of years of biological evolution on this planet. I am here, with my camera, to bear witness to what the Sun's energy reveals to our eyes…
Case Clements, January 2012
