William Oldacre Photography

Tag: essence

  • A Moment

    A Moment

    abstract expressionism, city street, urban, movement, motion, green, blue, orange, brown, vibrant
    Unnamed Fifty One — Sidelong :: (click image to see more)

    And what is a moment then? What is the length? There is much beauty in a moment, in drawing out a moment, in smearing out a moment into a wafer thin layer of sight and sound. In doing so, we see a moment’s true composition, it’s fundamental components, it’s elements, it’s structure, it’s essence. So much of which is not so readily apparent when taken as a whole. Particularly when there are so so many more “moments” stacked up behind it steadily and rapidly accreting on it’s heals waiting for us to ingest, digest and comprehend on some higher level – for the high function purpose of survival. So much stimulation and information it’s very difficult to slow down and see – really see, let alone meaningfully think about and consider what we see.

  • Material Essence

    Material Essence

    pressure system, 2015 by william oldacre
    Pressure System, 2015 – Convergent :: (click to see more)

  • Order From Chaos

    Order From Chaos

    Light Signatures series, day, colour photograph, art, abstract, abstract expressionism, creative, city street, urban, downtown, cityscape, speed, blur, movement, motion, brown, cream, muted, streaks, patterns
    green brown yellow streaks, 2011 – Light Signatures :: (click to see more)

    I’ve always observed the flow of things. Like predicting the flow of traffic around me while I drive – to plot my optimum path through it. I do this while driving on the 401 for example. I do the same thing when I photograph – I watch the movement of things, predict their alignment and photograph the patterns.

    All my images are about alignments in the chaotic flow around me and the beautiful patterns they form.

    In earlier days documenting alignments was enough for me. But in time, I recognized that just because it was my perspective didn’t make it interesting or significant for others – it needed something more.

    If I could somehow distill my image to it’s core elements – it’s essence – and remove distractions, I could show it for exactly what it is. I could show it without the distraction of context – in the same way a young child beholds the wonder of the world.

    This is my focus now.

    I give you alignment without context – order and symmetry, manifest from chaos.
    Isn’t it wondrous?