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Tomasz Zydler: Natire's Palette
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THE ARTS
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5 / 1993 |
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An urban environment seems an unlikely location for encountering aesthetic wonders in nature, but a major Florida city has proven a treasure trove for photographer Tomasz Zydler. "All of my shots were taken in Fort Lauderdale in small areas of plant life surrounded by urban life gone mad," says Zydler. His interest in painting and photography blossomed at the Orlowo Lycee d'Art in his native Poland, where he specialized in black-and-white photo techniques. Despite his intense training in black and white, Zydler, now a U.S. citizen, has found that images in color, especially of flowers, convey a "vibrant rhythmical motion of almost musical quality."
Although flower subjects form a larger body of his portfolio, trees have retained Zydler's lasting attention. "As a nature photographer removed from forests, I approach every tree very closely and tend to see each one as an individual, and see my images of trees as portraiture. Perhaps because I witness an unabated assault on trees in the Concrete Belt of South Florida, I want to personalize them."
Currently pursuing photography for "purely aesthetic and artistic values," Zydler works in both 35-mm and a medium format of 21/4 x 2 ¼ inches. For his 35-mm work, Zydler has found a 100-mm true macro lens serves as his "magic vehicle" into the world of flowers. "I rarely achieve a satisfying image on the first encounter with a subject, says Zydler. "Usually it results from studying the interaction of light with color and form and coming back and back again in search of the perfect light."
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