This is actually an older site that has been updated, showing several better black and white images.
 
I have been chasing the light with a camera for a very long time. I studied at the University of Hawaii with Frank Salmoraghi and Norman Shapiro. I did commercial work for a while, but didn't like it much - too commercial maybe? There were so many changes in my life and I let it go. So I did my woodwork. I turned hurricane lamps on the lathe and did craft work. I built barns and I built houses. We started a cabinet shop and quickly went from residential to commercial to building exhibits and displays.
Now I'm back with it. I have to force the time away from all of my other work and home tasks. I have to make the time to shoot.I take snapshots in color, but I almost always work in black and white. Paul Simon can have his Kodachrome, no offense...feelings show up better in black and white. There's a certain drama to it. 
So, what do i take pictures of? Mostly of women; it is what i do well. I like to create sensual images, ones where you not only see the persons's body, but also where you get a feeling for the personality, of the spirit. Recently i've started shooting other things a little more - nature, still lifes, even a little bit of architecture. I wonder - Is it possible to approach these other subjects with a little bit of the same sensuality that i find in women?
The Web has opened up a world wide cyber gallery, allowing a photographer to share images with people just about anywhere. I have seen quality work from artists all over this country, and from as far away as Britain, Belgium, Japan and Australia. Now I am getting a chance to share some of my images.
This is what I do best. If I can spend a little time with a model. Get her to talk - talk about most anything, but forget the darned camera.Often something special will emerge. It is wrapped in the light and is quickly captured. Magically!
So this is my little on-line gallery - just a few images that I'd like to share with you. I hope you enjoy them. I've finally gotten around to changing these images out. We are actually working on the expanded gallery again. It has taken a lot of work after all of the changes in my life (tpo much to go into, but i am back in the darkroom and shooting again.
Presently, I am working on a portfolio of erotic images and am in need of female models. If you are in the New Orleans area, and would like to be photographed, please get in touch. Email me at: Busting-Loose.net
As I mentioned earlier, one of the best things for me about having access to the Web is the chance to view the work of other fine photographers in various parts of the world. I've put together a list of some of the best photo sites that I've found in hopes that you might enjoy them as well. Check it out. Here are a couple of other pages that show images by Curt McClain:Here are some New Orleans Portraits, mostly of people in and around the Crescent City - see he does do color. Curt McClain's Moving Gallery Because of all the images that are included in the slideshow, this will take a minute or two to load. Click the link, go get a drink and come back. A little bit of a nature gallery Last Fall in Tennessee In case you haven't seen the Last Set of Black and White Images, they're still floating around for you to look at. This way to Curt's list of several other Fine Arts Photography Sites And we are working on links to new pages to some of Curt's Mardi Gras and other festival images.
This page and all of the images on it are Copyrighted 1997 -2007 Curt McClain |
