Photography
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Fred Reaves owns and operates Image One Photography/Design Inc. and Image One Gallery. in Henderson, KY. An award winning photographer and graphic designer, he has been working professionally for 34 years with his main emphasis being on architectural and industrial photography and publication design. His client base includes such internationally based clients as Eli Lilly, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Peabody Coal, SGS Inc., Whirlpool Corporation, Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kimball International, Atlas Van Lines, and Maker's Mark Distillery. Reaves, a graduate of Murray State University with a degree in photography and graphic design is an accomplished fine arts photographer (SEE "ARTIST STATEMENT") whose work can be found in galleries and museum shops as well as in private and corporate collections both nationally and internationally. He has taught in numerous photographic workshops for high school aged photographers and currently teaches Advanced Studio Lighting Techniques and Intermediate Photography classes in the Visual Communications Dept. at Ivy Tech State College in Indiana. ARTIST STATEMENT My vision and thought processes are greatly influenced by Wabi-Sabi, the quintessential Japanese aesthetic. Unlike the Western ideal of beauty, Wabi-Sabi most often is a beauty of things imperfect, impermanent and incomplete. It is a beauty of things simple, modest, humble and unconventional. In Wabi-Sabi nothing is ever complete or finished but in a constant state of change from either becoming or dissolving. Many believe that a state of Wabi-Sabi can only be experienced in the moment that it is appreciated as such. As an artist I work to capture the essence of these small yet emotionally charged moments in time. This approach to my images is combined most often with a distinct, directional light source. The light can be either hard or soft, subtile or intense. Each quality has a special way it defines and impacts a subject. Working in the right combinations they make possible dramatic contrasts and interesting shadows which impart the depth that I find so vital to my imagery.
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