Changing Moods
Sixty Years in Black and White
Title Details
Pages: 224
Illustrations: 180 b&w art photography
Trim size: 12.000in x 10.000in
Formats
Hardcover
Pub Date: 07/06/2021
ISBN: 9-781-5883-8432-4
List Price: $40.00
Imprint
NewSouth BooksRelated Subjects
PHOTOGRAPHY / Individual Photographers / Artists' Books
Changing Moods
Sixty Years in Black and White
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Changing Moods, John Alexander Dersham’s second collection, showcases powerful, haunting black-and-white art photography from six decades of work. Inspired by his teen experience with a simple box camera, and the encouragement of several significant mentors, he has dedicated his life to capturing the physical world through the lens. Changing Moods chronicles Dersham’s personal growth as a photographer and artist, tracing his work from the darkroom to the gallery. To achieve exquisite image quality, he relies on elbow grease and old-fashioned methods. Throughout his shooting career, Dersham has awakened before dawn to get into position to catch the perfect light, lugging his bulky and complex large-format cameras to locations across the United States. The breathtaking results range from austere and dramatic landscapes to the poignancy of the everyday, revealing a master photographer at work.
A book of John Dersham's black-and-white photographs is long overdue. Dersham is a master, one of only a handful of American photographers with the artistic talent and technical proficiency to use light and shadow to create enduring images of Americana.
—David Haynes, photographer, author of Motorcycling Alabama
Our world is filled with pretty but disposable images on social media. That's what makes a journey through John Dersham's thoughtful body of work a refreshing reward. Dersham, a true master, sees and captures the art in the everyday world around us in rich, detailed, deeply informed black-and-white photographs that invite longer exploration.
—Art Meripol, professional photographer, formerly of Southern Living
As captured in this magnificent new book, John Dersham's body of black-and-white work spanning sixty years is a masterclass in technique and beauty. He continues to influence and inspire generations of photographers who stand at his heels in awe.
—Beth Cowan Drake, photographer, founder of Facebook's Alabama the Beautiful
John Dersham's lifelong commitment to the large-format camera has resulted in a large body of black-and-white images that transcend the ordinary. Never has his talent been more evident than as seen in his new book, Changing Moods.
—John Lucas, large-format fine art photographer, woodworking artist
The talent and passion John Dersham has for the art of photography is evident not only in his masterful landscape photographs but in his quiet and reverential portraits of the common man. Rather than use an easy-to-operate digital camera, John is dedicated to a cumbersome large-format film camera, providing viewers of his work with exquisite print detail and revealing his exquisite artistic vision. His new book is a testament to the sixty-year evolution of a true photographic artist.
—Chuck Kimmerle, fine-art landscape photographer, educator, and author