In my view, photography and painting really share one history. The influences that work on one, work on the other.
Jack WelpottPhotography is a holding together of opposites: Light and dark, beautiful and ugly, sublime and banal, concious and unconcious. I am still struck by the power of photography to strip away the bark of the mind and reveal the visceral workings underneath.
Jack WelpottWhen I'm working behind a camera, I feel like I'm trying to achieve something like a jazz musician does.
Jack WelpottI went through a long period when I thought my photographs were not visible - on the wall, but not visible.
Jack Welpott