Jocelin Kagan
My personal tapestry is colourful and varied. Whilst imbuing young people with a feeling of self and teaching executives the power of the spoken word, I taught myself what it means to have conviction in the moment, disregard doubt and work with intuition.
So it is with my photographs. The instant a scene starts moving into focus I think ahead; the light, angle. what intensity will best show depth, detail and deliver, the training kicks in – I am absorbed. The photographic challenge I’ve given myself is to abstract movement from exactness. My work is deeply personal often revealing concealed personality traits.
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PAINTERLY SKIES – reflect depth of mood and a passion for complimentary and juxtaposed drama.
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BLACK AND WHITE IN STRIPES – aspects my sense of order in lines which do not cross.
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POLAR – there is no rational to love – so it is; my affair with the Antarctic – its moods, mists, irrational temperatures, towering ‘bergs’, mysteries, magnetism, history and wildlife.
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WILD DOGS – an endangered species: fleet ‘o foot, highly intelligent strategic hunters which ensure their pups feed first. Wild Dogs play, tease elephant, are afraid of lion and will bravely challenge a Hyena trying to steal their kill. I love them.
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ABSTRACT – as the Impressionists smashed conservatism in the salons of Paris, so I strive to work the lens to smash convention, create a hint, a smidgen, a dash or handful of threads. An impression to resonate with something the viewer recognises.
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WILDLIFE – the eyes – they tell it all.
With warm regards,
