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Finding a Line

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Improvisation. Creativity. Emotion. Movement. Color. Energy. Mindfulness.
These terms describe dance, the graphic arts, and music. They also describe skateboarding.
In September 2015, the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington DC launched an exploratory live exhibition examining skateboarding and skate culture as a performing art. The intersection and similarities, although not commonly framed as an art, are certainly present. It was a new endeavor to take a contemporary view of the skating community as a diverse international subculture. Their rolling, athletic, motion is no different than ballet dancers and their performing arts lasting no longer than jazz notes.
This submission focuses on the skaters as artists, their will and emotion, and their gravity-defying moves as a contemporary art form.
Blending elements of lifestyle portraiture and contemporary street photography, Chuck Fletcher (b. 1968) uses a camera to engage people and create wonder about who they are. His unique documentary-shooting style often reflects a personal impression or powerful combinations of action and emotion. Chuck's artistic acumen and his ability to intimately frame "that honest moment" between the subject and photographer elevates his interpretation of photographic realism.
Chuck's images are intentionally shot in public where the environment and subject are both dynamic. Theses blended challenges make open air photography an exciting way to transform everyday people, doing artistic things, into community models.
In his own words - Photography is a way to connect me to myself. It's through this struggle of self-discovery that I am able to see what matters in others. It’s the photographer's job to creatively balance scale, light and luck. The best photographs creatively compose compelling subjects while demonstrating excellence in trade craft. The right photograph can have lifetimes of impact.
Chuck is an accomplished Washington DC photographer and owns Rush Street Gallery, a digital exhibition of contemporary artistic photography. In addition to his photo work with the Federal Government’s Executive Office, he was recently published in Art Tour International's Top 60 Masters of Contemporary Art and invited to publish in International Contemporary Masters v. 11 (2016) by World Wide Art Books.
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Improvisation. Creativity. Emotion. Movement. Color. Energy. Mindfulness.
These terms describe dance, the graphic arts, and music. They also describe skateboarding.
In September 2015, the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington DC launched an exploratory live exhibition examining skateboarding and skate culture as a performing art. The intersection and similarities, although not commonly framed as an art, are certainly present. It was a new endeavor to take a contemporary view of the skating community as a diverse international subculture. Their rolling, athletic, motion is no different than ballet dancers and their performing arts lasting no longer than jazz notes.
This submission focuses on the skaters as artists, their will and emotion, and their gravity-defying moves as a contemporary art form.
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Artistically. Reflecting. Reality.Blending elements of lifestyle portraiture and contemporary street photography, Chuck Fletcher (b. 1968) uses a camera to engage people and create wonder about who they are. His unique documentary-shooting style often reflects a personal impression or powerful combinations of action and emotion. Chuck's artistic acumen and his ability to intimately frame "that honest moment" between the subject and photographer elevates his interpretation of photographic realism.
Chuck's images are intentionally shot in public where the environment and subject are both dynamic. Theses blended challenges make open air photography an exciting way to transform everyday people, doing artistic things, into community models.
In his own words - Photography is a way to connect me to myself. It's through this struggle of self-discovery that I am able to see what matters in others. It’s the photographer's job to creatively balance scale, light and luck. The best photographs creatively compose compelling subjects while demonstrating excellence in trade craft. The right photograph can have lifetimes of impact.
Chuck is an accomplished Washington DC photographer and owns Rush Street Gallery, a digital exhibition of contemporary artistic photography. In addition to his photo work with the Federal Government’s Executive Office, he was recently published in Art Tour International's Top 60 Masters of Contemporary Art and invited to publish in International Contemporary Masters v. 11 (2016) by World Wide Art Books.
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