Photography has been a big part of my life since I was sixteen and the camera has been a way of seeing, understanding and connecting to the world. The camera’s ability to capture fragments of time has allowed me to see the world in unique perspectives, creating many compositional puzzles to solve and to create intriguing stories.

My photographic vision sees the world from two different and equally important perspectives, a fast-paced documentary style that captures moments of people and daily events as they unfold, and secondly a more slow-paced connection, basking in the beauty of nature and slowly making careful compositions of expressive beauty. Both these visions offer a diversity of subject matter, one of what I believe is a superpower of the camera. An abundance of subject genres all requiring different skill sets.

My photography career has stretched from the early 1980s with a variety of editorial and commercial clients, under the name Turtle Pond Photography. Since 2015, I have concentrated primarily on personal documentary projects, finding traction with historical and documentary street photography, as well as connecting with the vast landscapes and cityscapes of Canada. It has been equally important connecting with a wide range of photographers, teaching workshops and courses. This allows me the joy of giving back the photographic knowledge learned along the way. My photographs can be attributed to a persistence, but also to the helpful and true advice learned from many kind and generous photographers who have taken the time to critique my work and push me in the right direction.

Website: randallromano.com
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