Storm Bear Artist Statement My work emerges from a life lived on the edges — of time, of place, of identity. As an older queer man, I see the world through a lens honed by resilience, tenderness, and deep observation. Each image I make — whether a quiet still life, a textured landscape, a fleeting moment in the street, or an experimental composition — stems from a desire to preserve what is vanishing, overlooked, or dismissed.
I photograph not to decorate but to witness. I am not interested in prints that match couches or mimic trends. My images are not mass-produced decor — they are fragments of love, thoughtfulness, and history. They are visual testaments to forgotten textures, fractured light, worn pathways, accidental beauty, and the oddities of our shared spaces.
Whether it’s a blue plastic chair casting a long shadow in an alley, a craggy desert formation under an apocalyptic sky, a hungry squirrel stealing processed food on sacred land, or a weathered man playing guitar beneath a pink sky — each image is a moment of quiet resistance against disposability.
I believe in images that breathe. That ache. That asks something of the viewer.
My photography is a catalog of what we are losing: ecological subtlety, eccentric street characters, humble materials, and unscripted moments. And in that loss, I hope to create presence — each photo a small, luxurious act of remembering.
Storm Bear
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