Red Gum, Blue Sky by Huw Morgan

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Description Australia's gum trees are wonderful, gnarly old beasts that tower over everything. This shot was taken in the Borassa Valley on a farm. The picture is deceiving. This tree is very large - we took another image with our whole family standing under the circular tree trunk. There was plenty of room for a six-footer to stand without bumping his head.

Huw Morgan, Toronto
Member Since November 2007
Artist Statement I'm a photographer from Toronto Ontario. My primary interests are travel photography, landscape photography and portraits. I've been shooting digital since 1999 and now use a variety of Canon equipment.

Here's my artist's statement:

There is a duality to light as well as life. Light can be thought of as a stream of particles or as a beam of waves. Life can also be thought of as a collection of static moments and objects or as a set of repetitive cycles that resemble waves. Think of the seasons, the cycles of life, the rising and setting of the sun, the daily routines of work and home life.

My intent is to use light, through photography and digital image manipulation, to capture the sense of life as part of a soothing, universal rhythm. All moments caught in the camera are part of a continuum of time and suggest what has gone before and what will happen after. Often these moments are bittersweet, like the beautiful seed pod caught in that moment of explosion when its seeds are released to the wind where they will start the cycle of life anew. Or the face of a person nearing the end of a lifespan, with the question of life after death hanging in the air. Or even the beauty in a rusty door on a building awaiting urban renewal.

My intent is to create a series of portfolios that capture life as wave. My first project was to capture the beauty in the decay of berries and seed pods as fall becomes winter, then spring. My second project, currently under way, is to capture large lake freighters locked in harbour ice, waiting for the spring melt. The possibilities are endless.