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Simultaneity No.100

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Simultaneity No.99

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Simultaneity No.94

24×20″ photograph on archival paper.

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Big Bang No.21

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Simultaneity No.93

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New work

First new Simultaneity images in quite a while. It seems I am not quite yet done with this project.

My approach has changed slightly though the goal is the same: Simultaneity is a visual representation of experiencing the natural environment. They describe an experience, working like poetry but with images instead of words. I use my tools in unconventional ways, with my own techniques that allow me to inject extra meaning into an image. A conventional photograph isn’t expressive enough alone (and is burdened with its own traditions and expectations), so ‘unconventional photography’ is where I work. I don’t even like calling them “photographs”.

I now recognize that these experiences are highly personal, and that they are unique to me. I am not and cannot be an impartial observer… I can’t remove myself from the work. The artist is always present. These new images illustrate this.

Creating Simultaneity

Simultaneity is essentially on-site photographic collage. I ‘build-up’ the image (and ‘build-up’ meaning) by combining many faint exposures. Each superimposed exposure is nearly invisible by itself, but when combined together with many others, the image is formed. Overlapping bright areas get brighter. Darker elements stay dark. All of these pictures are combined ‘in-camera’, so I don’t quite know the result until I’ve finished. Chance and discovery are important to success.

I find this method of creating very empowering: it allows me to show more than a single point of view, I can emphasize an element by including it multiple times, or do the opposite by ‘working around it.’ Like a painter, this work is additive; to start with nothing and add elements to create the image. The resulting abstractions are both less and more descriptive than a single image alone.

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Simultaneity No.88-92. (2017). Photographs, 20×16″.

New work: Simultaneity No.88 – 92 New work First new Simultaneity images in quite a while. It seems I am not quite yet done with this project.

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Simultaneity Multi Studies 27 and 28

Simultaneity Multi Studies 27 and 28

Simultaneity Multi Studies 27 and 28, 2015. Photography. Wanted to show these images side-by-side. They were made on the same day (perhaps less than an hour apart), and notice how vastly different these photos are in character. In Simultaneity Multi 27 (left), the dark areas read as a foreground, maybe silhouetted against a bright blue and white sky. Multi 28 has this flipped, so we automatically…

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Composition 2017.7.7. /RonJohn | RonJohnArt.com . #ronjohnart #minimalove #artistlife #digitaldrawing #artempire #artjournal #artiste #artoninstagram #abstracto #abstractexpressionism #ig_artistry #minimalismo #artesania #art_we_inspire #minimalsta #artfair #artsyfartsy #art_collective #digitalartist #artbook #minimalmovement #abstractartist #finearts #minimalhunter #minimalzine #artnews #artofvisual #artist_sharing #artistic_share #artcontemporain (at British Museum)

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Composition 2017.7.6. /RonJohn | RonJohnArt.com . #ronjohnart #minimalove #artsyfartsy #artistlife #digitaldrawing #artempire #artjournal #artiste #artoninstagram #abstracto #abstractexpressionism #ig_artistry #minimalismo #artesania #art_we_inspire #minimalsta #artfair #art_collective #digitalartist #artbook #minimalmovement #abstractartist #finearts #minimalhunter #minimalzine #artnews #artofvisual #artist_sharing #artistic_share #artmagazine #artcontemporain (at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago)

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A series of samples No.4. 2017.7.5. . /RonJohn | ronjohnart.com . #ronjohn #ronjohnart #art🎨 #newwork #artist #artwork #abstract #abstractart #pnwartist #visualartist #finearts (at de Young Museum)

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A thousand points of life No.3. 2017.7.5. . /RonJohn | ronjohnart.com . #ronjohn #art🎨 #artist #artwork #abstract #visualartist #contemporaryartists #digitalart #artistic_nation #scienceart #worldofartists #blvart #abstracto #justartsogram #instaabstract #pf_arts #ig_artistry (at National Gallery of Art)

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A thousand points of life No.2. 2017.7.5. . /RonJohn | ronjohnart.com . #ronjohn #ronjohnart #art🎨 #newwork #artist #artwork #abstract #abstractart #pnwartist #visualartist #finearts #contemporaryart #contemporaryartists #digitalart #stayabstract #minimalart #instaminim #artistic_nation #scienceart #worldofartists #blvart #abstracto #justartsogram #instaabstract #pf_arts #ig_artistry #minimalistic #minimalista #minimalisbd #minimallove (at Louvre Palace)

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A thousand points of life No.1. 2017.7.3. . /RonJohn | ronjohnart.com . #ronjohn #ronjohnart #art🎨 #newwork #artist #artwork #abstract #abstractart #pnwartist #visualartist #finearts #contemporaryart #contemporaryartists #digitalart #stayabstract #minimalart #instaminim #artistic_nation #scienceart #worldofartists #blvart #abstracto #justartsogram #instaabstract #pf_arts #ig_artistry #minimalistic #minimalista #minimalisbd #minimallove (at SoHo)

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A series of samples No.3. 2017.7.3. . /RonJohn | ronjohnart.com . #ronjohn #ronjohnart #art🎨 #newwork #artist #artwork #abstract #abstractart #pnwartist #visualartist #finearts #contemporaryart #contemporaryartists #digitalart #stayabstract #minimalart #instaminim #artistic_nation #scienceart #worldofartists #blvart #abstracto #justartsogram #instaabstract #pf_arts #ig_artistry #minimalistic #minimalista #minimalisbd #minimallove (at Los Angeles, California)

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A series of measurements No.2. 2017.7.1. . When was the last time you noticed the fucking beauty everywhere around you? Stopped and realized that, despite the seeming endless series of horrible things we do to each other, the world is still pretty amazing? . /RonJohn | ronjohnart.com . #ronjohn #ronjohnart #art🎨 #newwork #artist #artwork #abstract #abstractart #emergingartist #contemporaryart #abstraction #instagood #abstracto #stayabstract #instaabstract #minimalism #minimalist #minimal #minimalistic #minimalistics #minimalove #minimalobsession #minimalninja #instaminim #minimalisbd #minimalplanet #minimalhunter #minimalista #minimalismo (at Indian Ocean)

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A series of samples No.2 (close-up). . /RonJohn | ronjohnart.com #ronjohn #ronjohnart #art🎨 #newwork #artist #artwork #abstract #abstractart #pnwartist #visualartist #finearts #contemporaryart #contemporaryartists #digitalart #stayabstract #minimalart #instaminim #artistic_nation #scienceart #worldofartists #blvart #abstracto #justartsogram #instaabstract #pf_arts #ig_artistry #minimalistic #minimalista #minimalisbd #minimallove (at North Pole)

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A series of samples No.2. 2017.6.30. . "We don't see things as they are. We see them as we are." - Anais Nin. . I would take it a step farther and say there is no 'things as they are'. There is only what we are. Each of us is everything that exists. Perception is reality, we just pretend otherwise. . /RonJohn | ronjohnart.com #ronjohn #ronjohnart #art🎨 #newwork #artist #artwork #abstract #abstractart #pnwartist #visualartist #finearts #contemporaryart #contemporaryartists #digitalart #stayabstract #minimalart #instaminim #artistic_nation #scienceart #worldofartists #blvart #abstracto #justartsogram #instaabstract #pf_arts #ig_artistry #minimalistic #minimalista #minimalisbd #minimallove (at Pacific Ocean)