Welcome To Charles Asper Photography
In time we as beings change, even moment to moment we change. Photography reminds me of the fragility of the moment. It reminds me that in an instant, the moment can be gone. Photography is a capturing of the moment as well as the landscape. It is from the inevitable passage of time, that I fear the fact that one day, there may be no more time left; I will, at some point, meet death. I am ageing, gaining new experiences, and feeling the passage of time. Like the landscape, the change is gradual, but in some cases, there comes an event that changes the face of the landscape. I fear this approach of death. I cope with this fear by looking deep into the landscape and coming to one inescapable conclusion: I cannot prevent the passage of time. If I cannot do anything to prevent time from moving forward, what good would it do to have fear of the moment? I also realize that even though a storm may change the landscape, it will always be there in one form or another. It is only in the acceptance of my own death, that I will begin to relinquish my fear of it. Photography can make one realize that in an instant everything can change just like the capturing of the landscape can. This is what this photograph means to me.
Photography does not necessarily have to get at ones existence in every case, but the good photographer and the photographs they produce will provoke something in you, whether it is a simple emotion or a complex idea. In the right hands, the photograph can be a weapon against hate, it can show ones relationship toward death, and can be a gateway of meaning that eventually leads to the truth of one's existence. I take photographs because of this. It is my goal to portray not only a beautiful landscape in my photography but to also open a door into an existential realm where existence itself is contemplated.