Michael Schnee

I take pictures

Photos by Akos Major.

I photograph the world around me in vignettes that speak to me emotionally. Much of my work is composed of scenes close to my home that I pass often and that catch my eye. If this happens often enough the scene will become a photograph. . I like to look at the familiar and present it in a new way. I work with both digital and film. I like to use a 4X5 film camera and black and white film because it is a slow and contemplative process. In the time of Instagram and instant gratification that digital gives us I find the slow process of film to be similar to composing a poem. A process that take time and thought. I try to find the extraordinary in the ordinary.