Guy Larson
“There’s something to be felt about creating.”
– Guy Larson
You may have heard photographer Guy Larson say something along the lines of, “It’s like a moment of art that’s frozen in time forever.” We would agree that is true of photography, but what else is there besides the moment captured? Mystery. We truly don’t know, but that may be what makes it so intriguing. It can make your mind and heart race into a different dimension. What was being felt? What did the rest of the environment look like? Was it hot, or was it cold? We try to put ourselves in that moment.
Maybe that’s what makes us take a second glance at a photograph we don’t yet understand. It’s the feeling.
It’s all the endless micro expressions across one’s face. Frozen there for us to peel back all the layers of possibilities for as long as we’d like. We can become so consumed by where a photograph personally takes us, that we can forget what part the photographer really played beside the seemingly simple action of taking the picture itself. In Guy’s own words,
“All of your planning and careful consideration comes together with the click of a button. When I’m creating for a client, I’m creating with them. I’m collaborating with the energy they bring. When I’m creating for myself, I’m creating with my environment. My surroundings inform me.”
Growing up with photography, Guy was immersed in the possibilities it presented for a young, aspiring artist—to breathe life and meaning into those captured images, those deeply personal and private moments. Coming from a family with multiple generations of amateur photographers, Guy formally trained at the Art Institute and received his Bachelor’s Degree in Photography from Seattle University. He quickly found himself pursuing his own unique approach to photography, finding his way into portrait photography.
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