These images are taken with either a film or digital camera, and then enhanced in the digital process. I think that this process transforms the images into a new type of media, that is neither strictly photographic nor painting, but rather a new and different look that captures the composition and feeling of the subject better than either process alone might do.

I may add or subtract from the composition and change colors and tonality as I see fit, just as a painter does. As a matter of fact, many painters use photographs of their subjects as a beginning to their process, just as is done in this process. I do not represent these images as reproductions of the actual scene that was in front of the camera, but rather what I would have wanted it to be.

I have had several one-man shows of my black and white landscape photography, in fine art galleries in the Orange County and Los Angeles areas. I have also been part of several group shows as well and was exhibited at the ArtiSan Juan Gallery  in the historic "Los Rios" district of San Juan Capistrano, California. I am currently being exhibited in San Clemente, at Christopher/Lee LTD, on Del Mar street.

I print these images on an Epson 4000 inkjet printer using their archival pigmented Ultrachrome inks on the archival Textured Fine Art paper. The paper's texture adds to the "watercolor look" of the image. These images should last longer than conventional color photographs, with archival testing (www.wilhelm-research.com) showing a 160 year longevity, if displayed under glass with a UV filter. The colors are stunning and the prints have no noticeable grain/dot pattern, as the watercolor "impressionistic" look dominates the detail. Prints sizes range up to a maximum of 16" x 20" size, displayed in a 22" x 28" mat size.

Roger Bennett

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