Photographs distill the visual image provided by the eye and the brain, but they cannot duplicate the impact of what is experienced, seen and remembered by individuals looking upon the world. Photographers shape the impact of their photographs based on their own personal vision and their individual capability of capturing an image by focusing light with a lens, then bringing the image to the viewer. Charles Porter strives to provide beauty, dynamic tension and emotional energy through his portfolio of eclectic outdoor photographs. Although many images in his portfolio are taken far from his home in Kansas City, Missouri in locations in the Southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, Cuba and Europe, the photographs are not designed to be images of places. Rather, these photographs were created to convey a sense of place, imagination and memory that will be different for each viewer. Crafted successfully, photographs from his portfolio provide a variety of internal resonances for each viewer as a result of the subject, composition, lighting and exposure of each photograph.
The galleries provided on this site, www.charlesporterphotography.com were created in order to display his photographs in a manner that assists viewers in finding images or themes of interest.
Permanent Collection | Sprint Corporate
November 1999 | Embrey Gallery of the Barstow School • Leawood, KS
November 2001 | Henninger 59th Street Gallery • Kansas City, MO
June 2001-2005 | Blue Bird Bistro • Kansas City, MO
December 2003 | Artisan Local Art Gallery • Kansas City, MO
1999 Honorable Mention • Photography | KCPT Channel 19 Art Auction
2000 Select 19 | KCPT Channel 19 Art Auction
2001 First Place Award • Photography | KCPT Channel 19 Art Auction
1999 Nightmoods | Kansas City
A 20x24-inch KC Jazz and Nightclub Photomontage Print
1999 Outdoor Image Calendar
Hoechst Marion Roussel, Inc.
2001 Rose Garden | Loose Park Floral & Landscape Calendar
A benefit project to support the renovation of the Rose Garden Fountain
Loose Park • Kansas City, MO.
Undergraduate: Bachelor of Science Degree
Southern Methodist University • Dallas, TX
MD Degree
University of Kansas
Cardiology Training
University of Texas Health Science Center • San Antonio, TX
Black & White Photography | Processing and Printing
University of Kansas School of Medicine Yearbook
Seminars in Photography | Great American Photography | Weekends
Instructors: Bill Fortney, Rod Planck
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