fotoVisions ~ david greenfield, photographer
making the ordinary ... extraordinary
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“As the sun makes its regular east-west trek in the sky overhead, I am fascinated with the shifting pattern of light and shadow that is presented to us each day. With a camera, I strive to record the best fleeting moments of this “dance” which might otherwise go unnoticed. My results are frequently pictorial in design, but I also love to emulate the style of photographic masters like Cartier-Bresson, Eisenstaedt, Capa, and Kértész as they capture life’s ‘decisive moments’. Whenever and wherever I travel, the images I freeze in time, whether for exhibit presentation, or to transform into functional photographic ‘objets d’art’, are my most precious souvenirs. Thoreau once wrote that he could not fully appreciate the beauty of nature without composing poetry to reflect his impressions. For me, I do not fully savor what I encounter until my vision, or ‘the moment,’ is esthetically captured. Whether here or abroad, I strive to record what may be the ordinary, then attempt to create the extraordinary.” ~ David Greenfield
About the Artist
When not attempting to transform the ordinary into the extraordinary, David is a practicing periodontist with a faculty appointment at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine. His photography exhibits have been featured at several venues: the Boston Public Library, the Newton, Chelmsford, Stoughton and Wellesley Free Libraries, Boston Museum of Science, the French Library and Cultural Center, ARTSWorcester at Quinsigamond Community College, Hillels at U. of North Carolina and Washington U. in St. Louis. His individual works have also been displayed at galleries of Harvard Neighbors, Perkins Gallery, Norton Place, Stonewall Gallery, the Artisan’s Workshop, and Borders Books.
In 1996, David published his first book, Journey to Poland: a family mission. In photographs and text, the volume chronicles his family’s investigative trip to Poland researching the experience of his parents during the war in Europe 60 years ago. A line of his photographic note cards and photo lampshades is currently distributed by specialty retail shops and selected galleries. David’s work is primarily black and white, now captured digitally. Previously his greatest photographic joy was experienced shooting with the vintage Leica III, circa 1950, formerly used by his father.
About the Artist
When not attempting to transform the ordinary into the extraordinary, David is a practicing periodontist with a faculty appointment at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine. His photography exhibits have been featured at several venues: the Boston Public Library, the Newton, Chelmsford, Stoughton and Wellesley Free Libraries, Boston Museum of Science, the French Library and Cultural Center, ARTSWorcester at Quinsigamond Community College, Hillels at U. of North Carolina and Washington U. in St. Louis. His individual works have also been displayed at galleries of Harvard Neighbors, Perkins Gallery, Norton Place, Stonewall Gallery, the Artisan’s Workshop, and Borders Books.
In 1996, David published his first book, Journey to Poland: a family mission. In photographs and text, the volume chronicles his family’s investigative trip to Poland researching the experience of his parents during the war in Europe 60 years ago. A line of his photographic note cards and photo lampshades is currently distributed by specialty retail shops and selected galleries. David’s work is primarily black and white, now captured digitally. Previously his greatest photographic joy was experienced shooting with the vintage Leica III, circa 1950, formerly used by his father.
