------ Artist Statement ------ TODD SHAAK
All my life I have been a fan of photography and the beauty it has the potential to capture. Each photographer finds their niche and I have been blessed with a special eye for the weathered and worn. My greatest asset was when I recognized how beauty abounds around us and that the subjects for my work were endless and inclusive of anything from a dew kissed flower to a dilapidated barn, the burial ground of discarded automobiles or something as simple as a unique door or window that you might pass every day.
There are those who look but don?t see and listen but don?t hear. My role in all of this is to introduce images to you in a way that allows you to see it in a new light and return it to the world of things valued.
?If I can capture an image that makes someone laugh, cry, reflect, imagine or even put their arm around a friend then I have made a connection on some universal level.? by Todd Shaak
I have taken GREAT measures to provide you with a photograph that has little or no modifications. All images are taken digitally and exclusively by me and in using the Ultrachrome process I am able to completely control all aspects of my printing.

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