David Griggs

Photography is not only the recording in a man-made medium of a natural occurrence. It is also an intuitive understanding and representation of an impression that a natural occurrence has on the photographer, and the attempt to share that same feeling and impression to others. It is my hope that someone looking at one of my images will simply say “I get it”.

I have been fascinated with photography since I received my first Kodak Instamatic when I was 10 years old. Growing up in Middlebury, Vermont, I was allowed the freedom to let my imagination run. By age 12, I already had my own darkroom, thanks to my father's influence as a serious amateur photographer. Shortly after that, I purchased my first 35mm single lens reflex camera and started buying black and white film in 50' rolls and reloading my own film canisters. All through my high school years, I spent many hours in the school darkroom, developing my skills.

In the late '60's and early '70's, I attended Johnson State College where I received a B.A. In Liberal Arts. Johnson State is very isolated in the woody hills of Vermont, and there, I refined my “artist's eye” and experimented with all forms of painting, writing, and metal sculpture. Many years have past, but now, with the advent of digital photography, a renewed fire of artistic creation has been kindled. It is exciting again to view the world through a camera lens and be able to share that vision with others.

I strive to suggest a sense of intimacy between the viewer and the subject of the image. Many times, the image will be one that the viewer has passed by often, but perhaps has not looked at in in a manner that I may present. The intimacy begins with that familiarity of the intimate focus on the abstract natural beauty and the interaction of nature and man; and many times, the reclamation of man's abandoned creations by nature.

For the past few years, I have been fortunate to get my work into numerous juried exhibitions around the country; Sedona, Flagstaff, Phoenix, Tubac, AZ; Santa Fe, NM; Fort Collins, CO; Middlebury, Essex Jct., VT; Damariscotta, ME; and along the way, have won a few awards for my images. I am currently represented by the Sedona Arts Center in Sedona, Arizona and am looking for new opportunities here in Vermont.