Artist Statement

A camera can be a periscope that

simultaneously views one's heart

and the outside world.

With a motivation to photograph with a

feeling of universal compassion combined

with an instinct for geometry, the best you

see in others becomes organized in a way

that can sometimes penetrate the heart and

mind of the person viewing the photograph.

For me, photography is a way of learning,

communicating and phrasing questions that

culminate in a fraction of a second.

In my life, photography represents a moment

of discovery that occurs independently of the

photographer's intentions.

When photographing, you let go of yourself

and at the same are authentically yourself

in such a way that the photograph emerges

as a by-product of this process.

People often allow you to photograph them even before acknowledging your presence because they respond to your emotional temperature.

To photograph is to summon the past as the present unfolds -- collapsing time and space into a single instance of eternity.

When photographing, you are living in the

absolute present, which is a blissful experience!

Kris Snibbe

January 2008