Moments in Time ~ Stories Through the Lens
Photographs Capturing Spirit of Place by Alexa Walker

I am a native born Texan with an unquenchable love for the Southwest and Nature — and photography. I've been taking pictures since about age 17, and even now still use my treasured old Canon SLR, somewhat of a dinosaur in the time of the digital revolution. However I did cross that line — some call it going to the dark side — and now do a great deal of work in the digital format.

Simply put, I love to take pictures. And to tell a story. Whether catching magical light on a cloud come to life, or capturing one moment in time of cascading years of entropy on structure or form, each image is telling its story. I am also a writer, and every image also has its own narrative, which further adds to the experience. The viewer is encouraged to make up his or her own story, or perhaps have a memory jogged of a special place and time.

My subjects are mostly from the natural world, but I love to turn nature into the abstract, or focus on the shape, color and texture of inanimate objects, and most anything with rust. I am especially drawn to architecture, mostly of the falling down variety, sometimes reduced to that abstract interpretation of texture and form. My gift is a good eye, but I believe that a lot of the successful images are a result of being at the right place at the right time, leaning just far enough over the cliff, a little bit of magic, and some amount of luck. And just to be out there, where it's all happening.

It is my passion to seek out the magic places, and to capture their spirit in that moment, and tell the story through the lens of my camera. And it is my reward to touch someone with an image, enough for them to want to possess it, and continue to ponder and enjoy it in their own time and space.

ALEXA WALKER, Photographer

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