Artist
George Vaughan
Project Note(s)
Abstract photography
Artist Statement
In 1874, Modest Mussorgsky composed “Pictures at an Exhibition”, a suite for piano with 10 parts, each part inspired by a different painting. In other words, Mussorgsky transformed images, i.e. paintings, into musical compositions.
I was interested in reversing Mussorgsky’s process – that is, transmuting music into photographs. The images in my final piece represent the emotional energy I feel from 3 distinct pieces of music.
In summary, this project is my attempt to photograph music.
Biography
George has been an active photographer for many years. After working with film for 30 years, George switched to digital photography in 2004, and hasn’t looked back – until January of 2017, when he purchased a film camera. George looks forward to exploring both digital and film based photography in the future.
