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Eric Straus -
Photographer
Eric is a self-taught photographer, thanks
profoundly to his mother, a prolific
photographer in her own right. He got his first
camera at the age of 9 and has rarely been
spotted without one ever since. Growing up in
California, he was exposed to a wide array of
landscapes, people and buildings – a
photographer’s dream.
Eric has visited 31 of the 58 U.S. National
Parks, 32 of the 50 United States, and has
traveled to Mexico, Canada, the Caribbean, and
much of Western Europe.
After moving to the Northeast in 2005, his
camera eye was able to capture a new variety of
seasonal scenery and local architecture.
Eric was a semi-finalist in a photography
contest in 1998 in Orange County, CA. He
currently has private collections of his work
housed throughout California and in Denver,
Colorado.
“I’ve always had a creative bug in my brain.
I’ve written a novella and co-written 7 short
stories. I am really into cooking, so I get to
express my creativity culinarily (I think I just
made up a word. How creative!) But
photography is a strange animal, because the
subject matter does not stem from a subjective
source – it’s what’s in front of you. I suppose
the creative aspect comes from how you
see it, and the way your camera shoots it. In
that respect, my perspective could be defined
politely as being a bit skewed, which is also
what I look for in my subject matter.
Impolitely, my perspective could be described as
being immature, silly, awkward, and ‘Hey, what’s
your deal?’ I prefer the polite version.
But what really fuels my photographic zeal is my
love of nature and animals, buildings and
artwork steeped in history, and the fact that
it’s not me in front of the camera.”
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