Tom Chambers

Tom Chambers is a creative photographer who envisions and creates photomontages. He has multiple collections that are published including, animal visions, illumination, dreaming in reverse, marwari, entropic kingdom, rite of passage and  ex votos. His photographs are intriguing because it shows a great amount of skill. The photomontages are realistic but dream-like. They are both sides of the spectrum because the events are all fantasy and impossible, but seem especially real. I thinkn Tom Chambers is very skillful at manipulating lighting, colors and shadows. He is able to combine different components together as if they are photographed that way. One of my favorites of his Animal collection is the photo on the left. The light around the little girl helps her blend into the background. Her shadow is cast on the ground in a similar way to the wolves.

My least favorite collection of images is dreaming in reverse. Although these images are well composed and creative, I find them to be frightening. The setting is mostly all placed in a room. There is another picture with a woman writing on the wall. It is only my personal preference, but this collection were not as interesting to me. I enjoyed Tom Chambers work and used him as an inspiration for my composition assignment. The dreaminess, realism and creativity in his work is something I tried to capture in my assignment.