Dale Horricks

A few years ago I began taking my camera everywhere with me.  I like to shoot a great variety of subjects; I somehow cannot imagine a narrow frame of reference. To me photography is bringing attention to those things in life that we often pass by.  Once I have captured an image I like to continue to immerse myself in it.  My grandfather sold his farm when I was 12 years old and didn't own a camera. I spent the last weekend there moving from place to trying to burn everything the farm meant to me into my brain.  Memory without attention is a fleeting thing.  Now through photography I can capture images of my everyday life as it unfolds.  It is for this reason thatphotographers like Fred Herzog are the most interesting to me.  His portrayal of Vancouver and its street life from 1959 on is fascinating.  I love that he captured all of his images on slide film.  My first camera was a Kodac Instamatic 50.  I would mail my slide film off to Toronto to be processed.  Two weeks later a package would arrive in the mail and I would see what I had shot. Someone, possibly my brother, said that most photography is just capturing found objects, but for me, the photographer has the abilityto capture history, meaning, beauty,and depth, often evoking deep feelings.