"Our sun hurls its radiant light
towards our tiny planet at a
staggering
186,000
miles per second. It travels 93
million miles,
penetrating
our milky atmosphere and illuminating
a world of
beauty,
curiosity,
quirkiness
and
wonder.
On their way past my
gaze,
I have the extraordinary honor
of freezing these
racing
photons
in a split second, burning them
forever
into
a reproducible silver gelatin memory.
Actually,
an image is only
an icon for a
feeling
anyway, isn't it?
Therefore,
my calling is
to record onto
film
that which makes me feel.
I
interpret
such scenes through the filter
of my
imagination,
creativity
and
experience.
I
see something that makes me feel.
I translate those
feelings
into
a personal visualization.
I bring this visualization
into my
camera
and onto film.
I develop the
latent images, print
them,
tone
them, mount,
mat
and frame them,
and place them
on a wall.
I
feel AGAIN.
You
may not feel
what I feel,
but you will feel SOMETHING
(through
the filter of
your heart.)
And, this ignition
and subsequent
transmission
of images from
mind
to heart
-
emotions
shared
between
artist
and viewer -
makes
the light's exhaustive
journey worthwhile."
---
Luminous,
poignant, haunting, impressionistic, playful,
dream-like,
poetic, powerful, earthy - these words
have
been
used to describe the fine art photography of
Robert
Miller in the media, in galleries and on the street.
Robert
Miller's work has been exhibited throughout the
United
States and Europe, and has been acclaimed
worldwide
via online exhibitions.
From
his insightful environmental portraits of children and adults,
to
his touching landscapes and streetscapes, Miller's prints are in
high
demand on gallery walls, included in corporate holdings
and
held in many personal collections.
Internationally
known as an Appalachian fine art photographer,
Robert
Miller feels called to make a difference in
the
world through the use of his images.
His
repertoire is diverse, ranging from Appalachian
reflections
(Motherland,
Heartwood,
Appalachian
Tales and Death
of a Church),
religion
(Patina
& Obituaries of the Vieux Carre, Aspherical
Dreams, Journey to the Shrine, & Metamorphosis),
the
inner world of children
(Fresh Souls),
nature
(Tree Portraits
and Midwestern Works)
and
social issues
(Rock in Water: Haiti Waits, Streetscapes
and Portals.)
Robert
Miller's proprietary sepia and selenium toning process infuses his prints
with
their trademark earthy, luminous glow while his rare traditional unsharp
masking
process instills sharpness far surpassing ordinary prints.
Miller,
who lives near Dayton, Ohio, works exclusively in black and
white
to alter and transform the emotional content of reality,
and
uses 4x5 and 8x10 large format film cameras.