Paul Weiner

Artist Statement

I have an ongoing photographic series illustrating the private creative world of artists. The series both functions as a document recording the environment in which each artist creates their art, as well as an artistic interpretation of what goes on in the artist's mind at the time of creation.

Each of my images is a single exposure, lit only by shining an ordinary flashlight beam over the subjects in a darkened room. Each artist portrait exposure takes 15-30 minutes. There are no darkroom or computer manipulations involved in making the prints.