About John Salm
Hello, my name is John Salm, I am an artist whose medium is light. I started taking my photography seriously 20 years ago. Over those years, I have evolved my photography so that I am now ready to share my photography with the world. My style of photography is what I and a few others call photographic expressionism. This style of photography is influenced by the abstract expressionist movement. All of my artwork is interpretive ranging from the minimal interpretation to a lot of interpretation. My artwork is not traditional photography and reflects who I am as a person.
Each completed artwork is a reflection of what I am feeling at that time. From the capture of the original photograph to the finishing touches on my computer. My best work is produced when I get an intuitive feel about a subject or location. This usually occurs after I have been at a place a period. There are times when I do not get a feeling, and I will walk away. I will get this feeling after I have visited the place multiple times over a period.
What I do not do whilst creating my artwork is use an AI tool as I feel that AI hinders rather than helps my creative process. All of my blurred artwork is created using the camera and I do not use software to create the blur. By using the camera, I feel that the resulting blue has a more organic feel than what can be achieved by an algorithm.