Wayne Levin on Lenscratch

"When I descend into this wonderland I want to make images not to explain
or clarify that world, but to deepen the mystery" —Wayne Levin

There's a fine new interview by Tara Cronin with B&W underwater photographer Wayne Levin on Lenscratch today. A very well-done presentation throughout. Nice, and worth your while.

A brief sample, from Wayne, related to the quotation above: "I don’t feel that I am able to live my life in realization of the mystery. In my day to day life, I’m a bundle of uncertainties, hopes, anxieties, anger, joy, tension, and relaxation, just like most humans. I do however often have a strong philosophical bent, and a drive that borders on obsession with my photography. I do feel that often I learn and get new ideas or concepts from my photographs. They teach me and open up new possibilities."

At the very least, head on over and look at the photographs. Not like anyone else's.

Mike

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Jack: "Whoa, thanks, Mike, that was a treat. Sometimes I see photos and think, I can do that too. In this case I say I'm glad Wayne can do that, because I can't, but really like his work.

Comments

[JK]

My favorite B&W underwater photographer has to be Hengki Koentjoro, based in Java. He's pretty good above sea level too. Definitely worthy of a Random Excellence post.

[David Dyer-Bennet]

I've seen a couple of those somewhere or other; I recognize the style (which I don't do at all confidently for that many photographers). He's doing very nice work.

[Terry Letton]

I agree about Hengki. I follow him on 500px (500px/hengki24) and his work is amazing. If the link doesn't work just search 500px with his full name.