One of Connate's many strengths is the ability to probe and mine the nonverbal world; the realm of the unsayable. When he converges onto this realm in captured images, whether it is a sprig or a blossom, a face of a child or and old woman, or a blurred abstract passage, he will bring to it a strong sense of compositi… Read more

One of Connate's many strengths is the ability to probe and mine the nonverbal world; the realm of the unsayable. When he converges onto this realm in captured images, whether it is a sprig or a blossom, a face of a child or and old woman, or a blurred abstract passage, he will bring to it a strong sense of compositional order, a calm sense of design, and an eye for beauty and humor that makes his photographs memorable. He is a very sensitive architect in how he renders a photograph. Sometimes, he is very specific about what he wants within an ordinary candid street snap that belies its simplicity. One senses that he has carefully and meticulously selected his few cameras with a very serious intent, all fine instruments for delicate work, and he has astounding control of each of them as there are moments of true beauty in passages that abound within a single image. He is strong in both still life and candid photography. He writes very poetically as well, and within the organic mixture of word and image there is much take in, I sense that he has more to say with each photograph's text, and ultimately the visual takes over and becomes the guide. One can look at some of his images with pleasure again and again, and each time you revisit his work, you will see a tremendous depth of feeling that you cannot easily put a finger upon, yet it settles you into his world. If you have seen his work and feel you know it already, beware, he has much more to say as his career moves forward.

His photos are really full of humor, probably as a result of the good communication of himself and subjects. Some of them look relax in front of the camera and some look curious about him with a camera... Well, then, you may notice that the subjects in the photos are looking at you with curiosity through his photos...… Read more

His photos are really full of humor, probably as a result of the good communication of himself and subjects. Some of them look relax in front of the camera and some look curious about him with a camera... Well, then, you may notice that the subjects in the photos are looking at you with curiosity through his photos... :-)