Frank Grisdale is a contemporary photographer based in Alberta, Canada. Having started to develop his work in his mid forties, he has achieved a very personal landscape style that is often compared to impressionist paintings. Instead of looking for details as many landscape photographers do, Frank creates images in which details have been dissolved into an altered vision of reality. Using long exposure times with a hand held camera and post-production methods, his photographs turn out nearly abstract, although the general elements of the landscape can still be guessed in it.
The image I chose - Grassi Lake #19 (#1 of 5)- shows a rippled water reflecting what seems to be the landscape around it. The colours are vibrant and one can almost feel the freshness of the water by looking at it. It makes me think of summer days and I think I can see flowers reflected in the water, but I am not sure, which brings me that sensation of uncertain memory I am looking for in this project. I am also interested in exploring the distorting power of the water as a reflective surface, which is another reason why I chose this image.
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