Artist Statement

I enjoy photographing items and spaces that have detail, textures, shadows, contrast, and soft blended colors. Diversity. Things that just are. I'm currently in a worn rock and rusty metal phase. My mind wanders as I observe these beings and imagine what conditions they went through to get to where they are—being exposed to heat and pressure, wind and water, watching how these circumstances and conditions shape them. After all this change, there is still beauty. Maybe more so. I long to be a worn rock or rusty metal. Someday perhaps, we as humans, can grow together to be like them and become more beautiful in our way. Sometimes it's not a choice. We get weathered. Things that just are.

Observe. Appreciate. Be Grateful. Share. Love! 

Andrew Ruel