Kim Weston

Professions :

Photographer

The gallery is generating work for the masses.

generating masses gallery work

The darkroom is just the means to an end.

means end just darkroom

Being a shy person, I always felt strange outside with my camera.

camera person strange shy

We all take from our artistic endeavors what we as individuals need, to make the process unique and fulfilling to ourselves.

make need unique process

The great thing about this thing we call art is that it has no rules.

rules about great art

No matter how fast I could do it with the digital camera I don't think I would get the same thing out of it. The passion I have for formulating an idea stands alone. It is the important essence of what I do.

camera alone think passion

To me, that is the essence of me as a photographer. It is those ideas, working with them, formulating them and eventually putting them down on paper, photographing them and then going on to the next step.

step down me ideas

I think the digital camera would record that information too fast for me.

camera think me information

I think all photographers fit their vision to their personality.

i-think think vision personality

I don't know, the older I get, the more complicated I think I get, which is a hindrance.

more think know complicated

I don't need the money I generate from photography to support myself.

need myself support money

If you're not going to tell something if you're not going to expose something it's real easy to go in and photograph from behind the camera and not expose any of your weaknesses.

camera behind you easy

I tried painting for a short time and realized that I was not a child prodigy at painting.

short child painting time

I photographed rocks and trees and tide pools and nudes and all that stuff for years and years. Until 20 years ago when I found that I could do it in the studio and never have to travel.

trees tide never travel

In front of the camera I look and I see visually what I've created.

i-see camera see look

My surprises come usually once I start rolling and photographing.

surprises come start rolling

You work on an idea, your first interpretation is very raw and you work it and you work it and it gets polished and polished. It gets to a certain level and then it comes down off that peak.

your down you work

Any nude is a something you setup in front of the camera.

front camera something you

Galleries, and they're all the same, and rightly so, they sell work.

rightly same sell work

If no one wants to jump into a Kim Weston and drive it down the street. That's fine with me I don't care. I know my work is good and I know it's serious work.

drive good me work

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