Artist Statement
Life is a parade of experiences. For me, they are many and memorable.
Capturing a piece of an experience in a photograph is portraying a piece of life to examine and savor again and again.
That means a memory, a mood, an emotion—a truth that I can share with others.
When you see my work, I’d like it to generate something similar for you enriched by your own experience.
In the course of my photography I look for textures, patterns, shadows, highlights.
A fleeting look on a child’s face, a glint of light in a bird’s eye,
the special light of early morning reflecting fall colors onto water.
Or I look for history, simplicity, mystery as when I looked through an Italian arch and saw
a lone black bicycle leaning against the pale yellow courtyard wall of a sixteenth century building.
My current work reflects a perspective that comes from simply living life with the deeper, richer
understanding time brings.
Bill Haynes
Catch the Moment
P.O. Box 51461
Eugene, OR 97401
www.catchthemoment.org