Gearoge Libbares

I work in video and multimedia production. I am mostly a self-taught photographer and have taken workshops and seminars over the years. My photographic experience spans over ten years of event and live photography. Since its invention over a hundred years ago, photographic history is full of images that define certain events, people and situations. It doesn’t matter if the subject is posed, caught in action or even somewhere in between. Life is full of gray areas. The idea is to capture the defining image or one that years later will cause the viewer to say, “Remember when…”

Biography

I was first inspired by photography when I was about five or six years old. I remember my mother bringing our Christmas pictures home and jumping up and down to see them. When I was thirteen years old I received a Kodak Instimatic for Christmas, my first camera. That year we spent Christmas with my aunts, uncles, and cousins. I photographed everything. To this day I am the family photographer, documenting everything we do for future generations.

In addition to being an art, that’s partly what photography is for me. I’ve always been fascinated by old photos of people, places, and events. Photographs seem to take on greater importance with the passage of time. A general wades his way to a beach keeping his promise to return, a Prime Minister gives a photographer a “bull dog” expression in the Canadian parliament, a hockey legend scores a goal while flying through the air, a toddler stands and salutes his father’s funeral prosession. You know these and other images.

It does not matter to me if the subject is posed or not. Mostly I’m looking for some defining quality or moment. My favorite subjects are people. I like to capture the emotion of the moment, whatever that may be. I like it when viewers develop a personal connection with the subject in the photograph.