Path Through the Dazzling Woods

Image © Don Schwartz About the ArtistAfter retiring from teaching seven years ago, photographer Don Schwartz bought a digital camera and a handful of lenses as a gift to himself. During the ensuing years, he has moved from dabbling in photography to a far more focused effort to capture the magnificence of the landscape that surrounds his home and the places to which he has been fortunate enough to travel. For Schwartz, photography is a dance with nature. It is the immersion in a landscape and the sense of being lost in the moment, where the passing of time goes unnoticed. It is the serendipity of capturing a moment in time that becomes a timeless moment. His work has been recognized for its compositional elements. He seeks to bring out the essence of his subject whether it may be through a gentle softness or a dramatic brilliance. He loves shooting subjects that evoke a powerful mood through his work in both black and white and color. His photographs are currently on display at the P