John
Kudukey
Summer Rain
photograph, 16" x 20", $350 |
John
Kudukey
GALLERY IV
John Kudukey began taking photographs at 14, using a World War II
vintage camera given to him by his uncle. After years of experimentation,
years of formal study, and time spent with professional photographers
Jock Sturges, Mark Citret and Fred Picker, Kudukey turned his camera
to a childhood friend, a river. "My interest in the Battenkill
started when I was a young boy, reading fishing magazines and wondering
what it would be like to fish on such a famous trout stream,"
says Kudukey. "Many years later, in the summer of 2005, I made
my first cast on its quiet waters near Arlington. What I discovered
was a magical sense of place, where light filtering through trees,
sparkled on crystal pools and the melody of rippling water harmonized
with a chorus of summer insects. For more than a year, I observed
and recorded the river’s varied and transient moods. The images
in this exhibit are the expression of that pursuit." |
