Naturally Digital by Julian Hicks Retouch, 8 April 2017
Naturally Digital is a selection of work I’ve created since joining the Celeste Network. I joined three years ago and in that time I’ve had continuous encouragement with sincere interest and endless kindness from fellow photographers and artists. Our friendly community has totally inspired me to produce much more work than I ever have bef..Read on
Naturally Digital is a selection of work I’ve created since joining the Celeste Network. I joined three years ago and in that time I’ve had continuous encouragement with sincere interest and endless kindness from fellow photographers and artists.
Our friendly community has totally inspired me to produce much more work than I ever have before.
My work appears to be stronger and more fluent now. Personally, I feel so much happier having made a commitment to make creative images that can be easily shared on the Celeste Network.
The digital photographs I take are enhanced with digital retouching and supplied as archival giclée prints.
I capture images from my everyday life and select any stand out moments to build a story or an idea. The retouched image focus attention on the subject and in turn the subject hopefully appears lifted as if it’s been placed on a pedestal.
Last year, I was lucky enough to have my photograph '7075' chosen as a Celeste Prize Finalist work in the 'Photography & Digital Graphics' section and was a joint runner up.
I’ve recently been notified that an image I submitted to the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition 2017 has been shortlisted for the final round of judging in this years exhibition. Less