Description Title: ABSTRACT URBAN WALL DECAY #1 ON 5 July 2017.The Original was photographed in July 2017.Series: PENANG WALL DECAY.Series Years: 2013 to Present.Artist's Statement:DIRTY WALLS ARE INTERESTING!My 'Penang Wall Decay' Collection is an abstract look at a 'thing' that most people just ignore - dirty, mouldy, cracked, and decaying urban walls.Most people do not stop for even a minute to examine urban walls closely: I do! I find the wall textures, colours, and designs very fascinating. I look at urban walls from a macroscopic-level, so I get very close to the walls with my eyes, and with my camera. I design abstract artworks using my camera. That is how I see these interesting walls, as abstract pictures. One of the funniest things about this type of photography has nothing to do with the photography - it is psychological. People will stop and stare at me, and they must be wondering, 'What is this guy looking at, and why is it worth photographing?'I can not exactly tell you why I find decaying urban walls photographically interesting. However, I can show you; accompanying this collection description, I have added one of my Penang Wall Decay, images.Perhaps, the next time you walk beside an old wall, you will take a little time to have a closer look at the details.---All of the images in my Penang Wall Decay Collection were photographed in Penang, Malaysia.Copyright 2017 Nawfal Johnson NurAll Rights Reserved.Penang, MalaysiaPRINT SALES SITE:http://www.imagekind.com/Abstract-Urban-Wall-Decay-1-5-July-2017_art?imid=1d1953fc-eb81-4c9a-bc83-a41a9d536e79TAGS:abstract, cracked, decay, details, expressionism, johnson, Malaya, Malaysia, Nawfal, painted, penang, Pinang, pulau, urban, wall, urban-decay, neglectful, with, holes, cracks, lines, peeling paint, concrete, cement, architecture, buildings, structures, fragments, rundown, neglectful, chaos, revealed, layers, structure,Nawfal Johnson Nur ~ http://nawfalnur.imagekind.com/
Nawfal Johnson Nur, Malaysia Member Since September 2006 Artist Statement IMAGEKIND: ARTIST BIO — Nawfal Johnson — Smokephotographist Beginnings: When I pick up my camera ... when I compose the subjects in the frame ... and, when I plan and set up my lighting, I have one thing in mind — To take a better photograph than the last time.
I have been using a camera as a hobbyist since I was 12 years old, and then as a freelance professional since 1998.
Photography is a Madness for Me — My Work: I have been a long-time Freelance Stage & Dance Photographer; nevertheless, I focus much of my energy designing fine art Abstract, and, Abstract Expressionism Photography. I also design SMOKE-ART PHOTOGRAPHY, and that is the art style I focused on in my 2011 book, titled, ETHEREAL DREAMS and HOPE.
My Artistic Influences: My main artistic influences are Jackson Pollock and Robert Henri. As for photographic influences, I have always drawn inspiration from photographers Carl Fischer, and Andreas Feininger.