Artist's Statement

Light photos are series of slides that were taken in total darkness—usually at night, but sometimes in caves or underground tunnels. I held the camera lens open, sometimes for several hours.

Each slide to me is record of an art performance in front of the camera using additive light sources to create color, patterns and shapes on the film. Each slide is a record of a place and time that is very specific, some light photos were done in the mountains of Colorado, along rivers and waterfalls in Tennessee, and in the caves and hills of Missouri.

Sometimes there is an element of danger involved in the work. It can be difficult and dangerous to walk along rocky cliffs in total darkness. There are also dangers involved in spraying fire from an aerosol can while repelling down a waterfall. I'm not recommending that anyone else try these things.

But for me, there is a art that I can achieve from these sculptures of light in time and space that can evoke imagery not gained any other way, not even with computers.

-Russ RuBert
 
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