Product Details
Hardcover
201 pages
Hohm Press
Published 2005
Book Description
The exquisite photography of Nicholas Hlobeczy is augmented by ten insightful essays about the nature of art and creativity. Stressing the need for self-awareness, attunement to the movement and other means of encouraging transcindance of creativity. Hlobeczy writes about the everyday struggles of the artist, and the title is linked with a Chinese practice of binding straw tightly to use as fuel for their fires. When Hlobeczy discovered this, he understood that art could be kindling for his own inner fire. A Presence Behind the Lens is about seeing, about light, and a psychological perspective of self-knowledge.
In the spirit of Rainer Maria Rilke’s classic, Letters to a Young Poet, Hlobeczy shares his refined wisdom about the tangent point between art and the inner life.
About the Author
Nicholas C. Hlobeczy is a photographer, curator, and educator. Born in Swissvale, PA, he studied at the Pittsburgh Institute of Art, the Cleveland Institute of Art, and with master photographer Minor White. He was head of Cleveland Museum of Art's photography department until 1990; taught at Case Western Reserve and conducted private workshops. Since 1952 he has won many awards, including first prize, Yolo International, 1964. He lives in Corvallis, Oregon. |
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