It's been some time since  I posted. I am back after a nice, long vacation to the place I was raised. Naturally, I had all my gear and a preconceived idea for a new series.  

I went back in time, way back. Memories are sweet. Memories connect to the present. This is the result.

 California Central Coast Series -- see the complete series on my Facebook page, and while you are there, please "like"it,

Here's a taste

Matthew G. Beall Photography
Shell Beach Wonder
2012
Shell Beach, California

Matthew G. Beall Photography
Here It Comes
2012
Shell Beach, California

Matthew G. Beall Photography
From the Bluff 2
2012
Shell Beach, California

The significance of THREE can be interpreted as wholeness.

Three photographs - One plant  =

Triptych

 

Matthew G Beall Photography   The significance of THREE   2012

Matthew G. Beall Photography  Three is Wholeness 1  2012

Matthew G. Beall Photography  Three is Wholeness 2  2012

Matthew G. Beall Photography  Three is Wholeness 3  2012

Sometimes a subject speaks very loudly yet softly at the same time.

Matthew G. Beall    Blowing in the Wind     2012

There is always an object to photograph. Sometimes the object is as plain as day and sometimes it is hidden i.e. it is not really looked at.

It was a sunny day, a sunny spring day with strong shadows. It was a perfect day for shooting black and white. Shadows and light grab me!

Limited Edition Prints available.  

Matthew G. Beall    Hidden    2012

A day in May along the Danube on the Neu Ulm, Germany side of the river. The wonder, the beauty, the surface of leaves in black and white.

Matthew G. Beall  Leaves Along the Danube   May 2012

Matthew G. Beall  Leaves Along the Danube 2  May 2012

 A Never Ending Odyssey

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Matthew G. Beall   The Beauty of Black and White   2012

Matthew G. Beall   The Beauty of Black and White 2  2012

This morning, Friday, April 27, I took a little photography tour around the Danube River in Ulm, Germany. We have a  garden with many different types of flowers and plants. A relaxing place on a sunny Friday morning with plenty of subjects to shoot. Seeing all the flowers, especially the white ones, I immediately thought of Liz Davidson's work.

Here's my take ... and the first one is rare since I do not often work with color.

Matthew G. Beall   Flowers   2012

Matthew G. Beall   White Flowers  2012

 Light & Shadow makes the ordinary extraordinary. 

Water: a clear, colorless, odorless, and tasteless liquid, H₂O, essential for most plant and animal life and the most widely used of all solvents.

Geometry and Water

Matthew G. Beall

Matthew G.  Beall

Water in Monochrome

All Day I Hear the Noise of Waters by James Joyce

Matthew G. Beall

All day I hear the noise of waters
Making moan,
Sad as the sea-bird is when, going
Forth alone,
He hears the winds cry to the water's
Monotone. 

Matthew G. Beall

The grey winds, the cold winds are blowing

Where I go.
I hear the noise of many waters
Far below.
All day, all night, I hear them flowing
To and fro.

I was in Sanok, Poland over Easter.
I am a fortunate traveler with a camera.

"Life is like a good black and white photograph, there's black, there's white, and lots of shades in between." Karl Heiner

Matthew G. Beall   
Dzien Dobry   
2011

Matthew G. Beall   
Polskie Krajobrazy 
  2011

"Life is like a good black and white photograph, there's black, there's white, and lots of shades in between." Karl Heiner

The Ulmer Cathedral in Black and White 

Spiritus Sanctus

Matthew G. Beall  In Namen des Vaters   2011

Matthew G. Beall  A Bit Closer Up   2011

Matthew G. Beall  For Thee   2011

Matthew G. Beall  In Namen des Heiligen Geistes   2011

Matthew G. Beall  In Namen    2011

Matthew G. Beall   Spiritus Sanctus    2011

Matthew G. Beall   Zusammen   2011

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A rainy day in late July, 2009 at the  Denver Art Museum.

Everywhere I go I visit art museums. Some are better than others, some have incredible architecture, some are plain, and some are expanding or renovating. Clyfford Still Museum

Sometimes you get lucky with a shot. Conditions perfect. Snap. A little post-production work and it's a wrap!

Matthew G. Beall  Wrap it Up (workers), 2009 - Denver, Colorado

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Have a look at my paintings, too.

Despite the haze, there's still light

A bottle of water and sun

  Even when it seems completely bleak, there's still a flicker of light

Hope

 

And out of the darkness we begin to see things a little more clearly

Kunsthalle Weishaupt

Kunsthalle Weishaupt

Architecture: Kunsthalle Weishaupt, Ulm, Germany

When I first heard that art collector Siegfried Weishaupt was going to build a Kunsthalle in Ulm to share his collection and mount exhibitions, I was like a little boy waiting for Christmas to come. I thought it would never get here. Kunsthalle Weishaupt opened on Nov. 24, 2007.

The 4000 square meter building, designed by WWA - Wolfram Wöhr Architekten of Munich, is geometric. It is a beautiful design that contrasts perfectly with the traditional architecture of the city. It is balanced. It is art itself.

Walking on air
A bridge was built between the Ulmer Musem and Kunsthalle Weishaupt. I can tell you it is cool. You really do feel like you are walking on air, it's surreal.

Matthew G. Beall 'Bridge' 2011

Click to see my post about the current exhibition Robert Longo

Front of Kunsthalle Weishaupt and one of Longo's drawings

 The beauty of architecture in black and white

Matthew G. Beall  2011

Matthew G. Beall  2011

Matthew G. Beall  2011

Matthew G. Beall  2011

Now, don't forget to take a look at my art.