Tim Holte

I am not sure why I take photographs. I know that it allows me to express feelings that seldom surface. I appreciate light, shadows mean something. My images remind me of the past, like the smell of burning leaves in the fall. Sometimes I think it would be easier not taking photographs. Maybe time would become more elastic and slow down. Maybe the hours and minutes, like the ash blowing through the burning canyon, wouldn't disappear so fast. None of my photos are original, they are the end result of studying and admiring the works of great photographers of the 20th Century and being subconciously influenced by them.