Dean McIntyre
Building 9, Arches Gallery
www.PhotoBlueSkies.com | dmcintyre@photoblueskies.com
Medium: Painting, Photograph
Road to Nowhere, Digital Infrared Photograph,, 2021
Flaxen Dreams, Digital Infrared Photograph,, 2021
Scarlet Desolation, Digital Infrared Photograph,, 2021
Faux Frost, Digital Infrared Photograph,, 2021
Touch the Sky, Digital Infrared Photograph,, 2021
Abandoned Memories, Digital Infrared Photograph,, 2021
Overtaken, Digital Infrared Photograph,, 2021
Tree of Life, Digital Infrared Photograph,, 2021
Industrial Revolutions, Digital Infrared Photograph,, 2021
Stormy Roads Ahead, Digital Infrared Photograph,, 2021
Background
Dean McIntyre has a BFA in Fine Arts Photography from Corcoran College of Arts and Design, George Washington University and an MA in English from George Mason University. He also has an MA in Telecommunications Information Systems with a specialization in Software Engineering from George Mason University. He is interested in human perception and the way people see versus the way the camera sees things. He uses film, digital photography, infrared photography, computational photography, AI, and computer graphics software in various combinations to create his images. His photography investigates how human structures often encroach on the environment, but over time the environment tries to envelope what is left of old human structures. Some of his images seem apocalyptic and like a reminder to preserve the environment and of the fragility of our existence.
Philosophy
Dean uses a variety of color palettes available in infrared photography to show a struggle between human history, structures and artifacts, and the environment. Human structures often encroach on the environment, but over time the environment tries to envelope what is left of old human structures. Dean is often fascinated by the history of the sites that he photographs, even if he does not know much about the history of an old, abandoned building, for example, he often finds myself wondering about the people that once inhabited the site. An old, abandoned house was not always abandoned. Perhaps generations of a family once lived in a house and some even may have been born in the house, or may have died there. He wonders about who might have been the last one to close and lock the door for the last time. Other times, there may only be a few human artifacts left at a particular place or site, such as part of a building foundation, a marker stone, or a rusted fence. Some of the images may seem apocalyptic or like a warning. Hopefully, they are a reminder to preserve the environment and of the fragility of our existence.