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Hi, I'm Joe Sparks, a 39 (wait... make that 40) year old 16 year old.... I like taking photographs of things that a lot of people shake their heads at; industrial decay, run down places, things in the dark, etc. etc. ( a lot of the shots I post on Flickr don't really represent my larger body of work)
When it comes to photography, I'm not a purist... far from it. I shoot photos in odd ways and have been told many times by "professionals" that I am doing it all wrong. I bought my first camera, a Nikon D50, in 2006. Photography is an art to me and I do whatever I need to do to make the photos look to me like the way I felt when I shot them. I feel at peace when I'm holding a camera...
I enjoy artists like Edvard Munch, Caleb Kuhl, Jill Greenberg, Dave Hill, Francis Bacon, Trey Ratcliff and Dennis Hopper, and the outdoors and calm activities like writing, downhill skiing, mountain bike riding, and jumping out of planes...
I am a member and Chairman of Membership of the Photographic Society of Northwest Arkansas and member of Photographic Society of America.
Life is good!
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Testimonials (1)
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unkadognaldo says:
"I knew this lady named Judi who was rude and my dog rolled in fresh horse manure and that was nasty. So now that the rude and nasty are out of the way... Mr Joseph Sparks has a rich heritage of artistic talent which so far has not passed him by."
2nd November, 2006
- Name:
- Joseph Sparks
- Joined:
- September 2006
- Hometown:
- Hot Springs National Park
- I am:
- Male and Taken
- Occupation:
- Self Employed
- Website:
- StaticSparks