Brian Petersons Aufnahmen sind  pikante Schnappschüsse intimer weiblicher Momente. Wovon viele Männer heimlich träumen, eine sich unbeobachtet fühlende Frau zu betrachten, ist ihm künstlerische Aufgabe. Wie durch ein Schlüsselloch verstohlen äugend, pirscht sich Peterson an seine Modelle heran und bannt genau den Moment auf sein Filmmaterial, in welchem sich die gestellte Pose verflüchtigt und einer privaten, einer geradezu vertraulichen Stimmung weicht. Dieser verstohlene Augenblick gibt Auskunft darüber, was wahre Erotik im Sinne der Liebe und Leidenschaft immer benötigt - ein Refugium der Stille und Zurückgezogenheit.

I am a relative new comer to photography, picking up a camera only three years ago. What started as an attempt to balance my computer related career with a creative diversion has turned into a passion. Being an apartment dweller, I immediately started down the digital route, bypassing the darkroom by scanning my black and white negatives and chromes. While I still occasionally work with black and white negatives, especially in low lit canyon areas, I am working now primarily with digital cameras. For studio work I use a Phase One LightPhase digital back on a Mamiya 645AF and for outdoor location work I use a Kodak DCS560.
To me, fine-art photography is a combination of light and form and some aspect of the human experience. This transcends a mere representation of the human form. In my work, I try to capture a unique expression of female beauty and sensuality. Light, form, composition and color all play an important role in creating this imagery, but an equally important aspect is the expression that a model projects into the composition. It is this unique expression, a bit of the essence of the model, that I attempt to capture. In order to capture this essense, a high degree of rapport is needed with the models I work with. The model must be in tune with the kind of images I want to create as facial features play an important in most of my work. I try to achieve this rapport by building a high degree of trust, open communication with the model, and a clear understanding that this is a cooperative creative process. While I can set the lights, create a set, set the pose, it is the model's creativity and expressiveness that in the end breathes life into my work. I approach each photographic session with a quiet mind and open eyes, awake to the infinite creative possibilities that each moment presents.

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