Creating Calm
Stripping color from reality, combined with minimal compositions, Derek's work strikes emotion while telling stories of place and time.
Why Monochrome?
Removing color from an image allows the viewer to escape to a place that doesn't really exist. I create photographs that spark a memory, a desire, or a curiosity by pushing out the distractions of the real world. It allows our imagination to replace reality. I create images that give the viewers permission to superimpose their imagination on where, when and what they are looking at. Letting the story of the image become personal.
Awards
- 2023 - ReFocus Awards, Black & White Contest, Honorable Mention
- 2016 – 2nd Place, Architecture Category, Big Sky Country State Fair, Bozeman MT
Jury Selected Shows
- 2023 - Black/White, Juried Exhibition, A Smith Gallery Photographic Arts, Johnson City TX
- 2022 – Black and White, Juried Exhibition, Praxis Gallery Minneapolis MN
- 2020 – After Dark, Juried Exhibition, Praxis Gallery Minneapolis MN
- 2015 – Light Sensitive 2015 – Celebrating Images From the Darkroom, Juried Exhibition, Art Intersection, Gilbert AZ
- 2015 – Eye of the Camera, Juried Exhibition, Littleton Museum, Littleton CO
- 2014 – Friday Night Art Walk Individual Show, Found Above Ground, Louisville CO
- 2014 – Eye of the Camera, Juried Exhibition, Littleton Museum, Littleton CO
- 2013 – Gallery NRC, Denver Colorado, "Comminity Show"
- 2013 – Gallery NRC, Denver Colorado, "Motion" juried exhibition
- 2013 – Eye of the Camera, Juried Exhibition, Littleton Museum, Littleton CO