Wilsonville, OR -- (SBWIRE) -- 08/18/2014 -- As citizens of a more connected urban world, humans have somehow disconnected themselves from the natural world. What was once home, is now ‘away’. And yet, the pull of nature is still strong within individuals, even if they are self proclaimed denizens of the concrete jungle. One needs pictures and images of leaves, and sunlight and the bark of trees in cubbyhole offices, for fear of mentally suffocating. David Frate’s photograph ‘Nature’s Lenses Through the Lens-man’s’ captures this yearning perfectly.

In a sense, humans today feel ‘homesick’ for places they have never been to. This feeling, this emotion is so intense that it is often evoked through a smell or a sound or a photograph. The German word for this emotion or feeling, for which there is no appropriate English equivalent, is ‘Fernweh’. David Frates has spend over twenty five years trying to express emotions through still images. In this picture too, he has tried and succeeded in doing just that.

Just as the lupine leaves hold droplets of rainwater apart in their arms in a delicate balance, capturing the right mood of the photo requires a similar balance of light, composition, contrast and clarity.

The smell of rain on damp earth, the feel of the raindrops on skin and sound of an autumn shower upon leaves and bark and dust are all hidden within this single, unmoving image. It is human nature to ‘humanise’ all that one sees around. In fact, this instinct kicks into gear in infants as early as two years old. That is why, even ‘inanimate’ objects in a photograph convey a mood and carry meaning. In other words, the photographer, if he humanises the subject, then this process is conveyed to the viewer as well. The lupine leaves in this photograph, in a sense are inviting the viewer, with an ‘open’ gesture, into their world of colour and refreshment.

David Frates has been able to bring out his own emotions through images of the natural world due to his innate love for nature.

About David Frates
David Frates is an award winning photographer whose works have been featured in National Geographic, Sierra Club and Audubon.

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