John Flatz

“Artist’s Statement”, by John Flatz


My constant search for subjects to photograph leads me to many interesting places. Whether it is going to a predetermined place to find a particular kind of subject matter for an ongoing series, or traveling around in search of inspiration from places and things that I discover, looking at the world for material for my photographic ideas is a constant pursuit for me.

Most of my work is a ‘personal documentary’ where the subject is a starting point to look and find visually enticing and evocative images.The visual qualities are what initially entice me to photograph a subject. The implicit meanings add significance on both personal and objective levels.

To me, pictures represent a beauty of their own based on the purely visual sensations of the photos. Whether the scene is ‘found’ or set up, the colors and textures, the forms and composition, the spaces of views opening before me are my initial fascination.

On another level, the associations with the subject matter and the thoughts they may evoke add an extra depth and dimension. After exploring the visual elements in these pictures, my imagination is stimulated to wonder about the history, associations and meanings, objective or subjective, that are implied or revealed.

While still shooting on film I have been printing digitally these days. The quality and longevity of the inkjet materials has reached a level to equal the traditional darkroom print while the nature of the digital printing process has allowed me to perfect my prints to a level that time would not allow with a ‘wet’ printing process.

I am influenced by obsessively looking at things and places as well as finding inspiration in viewing others’ photographs and art. Listening to music, paying attention to the world, media, popular culture and my own personal experiences all combine to inform and evolve my own personal vision and ideas.

- Award Winner and Cash Prize, 88th Annual Spring Show, Erie Art Museum,
Erie, PA
- Juror’s Merit Award, “37th Annual Hoyt Regional Juried Art Exhibit”,
New Castle, PA
- Finalist and Award Winner in “2010 Silver Eye Fellowship Competition”
J O H N F L A T Z PHOTOGRAPHER 412-853-1170
[email protected] www.johnflatzphoto.com
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List of Credits
2015 -Pop-Up Exhibition, Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, PA
- Grand Opening Members’ Show, Very Fine Art Gallery, Pittsburgh,PA
2014 - Very Fine Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2013 -“From the Ignored to the Restored”
Mount Lebanon,PA Public Library, Mt. Lebanon, PA
2012 - 89th Annual Spring Show, Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA
2012 - Westmoreland Museum of American Art Biennial
Exhibition
2011 - Award Winner and Cash Prize, 88th Annual Spring Show, Erie Art Museum,
Erie, PA
- Juror’s Merit Award, “37th Annual Hoyt Regional Juried Art Exhibit”,
New Castle, PA
- “Black and White”, Fein Art Gallery, 519 East Ohio St., Pittsburgh, PA 15212
2010 - Finalist and Award Winner in “2010 Silver Eye Fellowship Competition”
Online Gallery Winner
-” 3rd Annual Holiday Show”, Fein Gallery, 519 East Ohio St., Pittsburgh, PA
-”18th Annual Phillips Mill Photographic Exhibition”, River Rd., New Hope, PA
2009 -” 86th Annual Spring Show“, The Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA
- ”Art in Nature”, Center For Fine art Photography, Fort Collins, CO 80524
-”Exposure: The 14th Annual PRC Juried Exhibition”, @Boston University,
832 Commonwealth, Boston, Massachusetts, 02215
2008 - One-Person Show, “Artifacts of the Urban Landscape” Connie M. Kimbo
Gallery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
- One-Person Show, “Abandoned Western Psych”” Connie M. Kimbo
Gallery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh
- The Art of Nature, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
- Phillip’s Mill Annual Member’s Juried Show, New Hope, PA
- Gaithersburgh Arts and Crafts Festival, Gaithersburg, MD
- Port Huron Art Fair, Port Huron, MI
- New Hope Arts Festival, Hew Hope, PA
- Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
2007
- John Flatz Photographer, One–Man Show, Mount Lebanon Community
Library, Mount Lebanon, PA
- Phillip’s Mill Annual Member’s Juried Show, New Hope, PA
- Abstractions, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
- 15th Annual Phillips’ Mill Photographic Exhibition
- Winner of Free Booth as an Emerging Festival Artist, Three Rivers Arts
Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
- Members' International Exhibition, The Center for Fine Art Photography
Associations
- Represented by Painet Stock Photo Agency
- Gallery Member of Silver Eye Center for Photography
Websites
- www.johnflatzphoto.com
- http://www.facebook.com/pages/John-Flatz

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architecture, landscapes, contemporary, classic, black and white