WALLACHY, TONI
I am influenced, inspired and somehow
affected by the Urban Landscape around me—the collective
energy in a room, the persona of a country where I’m
traveling or living, by the mood of another person or the
natural world that surrounds me. I feel as an explorer,
searching for those moments when I get an instinctive response
to what I am looking at. Observations of the same scenery
repeatedly over time, the play of light in different
conditions, will eventually render the ordinary, extraordinary.
That which is essential to transport and
shelter us - roads, trucks and bridges, traffic lights and
signs, become the fabric in which our urban environment is
woven. These things that make up our daily surroundings are
taken for granted, often overlooked, visually discarded, they
become a stage set, a distant backdrop against which we play
out the daily drama of our day to day urban existence.
But it is the visual effects of time wearing on those
structures that speak to me. The patina that results from years
of weather; the cracks, graffiti, stains and rust, rendering
these objects visually rich unto themselves.
It is the alchemy between what is
earthbound and what is not, what is transient and what is
solid, and between those two is the rich matrix of shadows that
are sometimes a result of that mix.
Intrigued by empty space, interested in the
message between the lines. I try to move at an ant’s pace
sometimes experiencing life as nothing more than a square foot
of color. For me, it's all about conveying emotion and
telling their story - photography allows me to do this
visually.
I didn't seriously pick up a camera till
2003, and from there, I have been continuing to expand my
skills through attending classes and master workshops. My work
can be viewed in local galleries and private collections.
