As we navigate our lives through time and space we see and
experience our world, our universe, in comprehensive ways. In
our travels we see and then refer to things as if they existed as
separate, unique and distinct objects. We speak of these things
by using language such as: “a cloud”, “a hill”, “a forest”, “a tree”,
or even "time". This language gives us some measure of
comfort, giving us the feeling that we comprehend and thus
understand our world. These distinctions, though, are at
minimum an approximation; at most they are an illusion.
There are no edges, no distinct lines between these things that
we see and attempt to categorize. They blend, they flow, they
migrate, they share and they exist in a larger totality, an
edgeless universe of changing and shifting dimension and
context.
How do you measure something so large?
James Guthrie received his first camera at age10. This was the same age he decided to become an architect. Since then he has been perfecting these crafts and expanding their art in unison. James’ formal photography and darkroom training began in high school and continued with photographic and fine arts in parallel with architecture education during both bachelor’s and master’s programs at the University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana. As a fine art photographer and architect, James maintains a deep interest in how buildings, people and other elements of the universe interact and energize each other. He views creativity in architecture and photography as complimentary points along a joined process. During building design, a physical reality is first imagined, then interpreted, and then put to paper. During the photographic process, the physical reality is first observed, then interpreted, and then put to paper. The process of bringing both the imagination and reality to a nexus constantly informs each artful act.
