David Behl

The “Green Drawings” were created over a span of many years while I worked as a photographer in NYC. Their content is allegorical on a personal level. They represent a window in time from an era before photography changed to a digital medium.

I believe photography is inspired by the mystery of time because life is so impermanent.

My familiarity with photographic tools and methods beginning with darkrooms and chemicals offered a springboard to create my own visual language using my own snapshots and some found on the street. Negatives became more interesting than positives; mistakes are more interesting than rules.

Drawing is a better method to capture what I feel.