“Photography is an all-consuming passion for me. It is my way of expressing the beauty of the world around us all. It is a real pleasure to be able to capture unique moments of beauty. I am attracted to landscapes that are calm and serene. I try to capture these feelings in a way where the experience has the effect similar to a deep breath fresh air. What I hope to accomplish is to create an experience of peace and relaxation when someone looks at my photographs."
Al DaValle, Photographer
Al DaValle has long held a deep passion for the power of the still image. That passion led him to photography, but only after a three-decade career in telecommunications and an avocation building fine furniture.
Al's photography focuses primarily on fine art landscapes and innovative abstract imagery. He has been published numerous times in several of the best fine art photography magazines being produced today. These include LensWork, B&W Magazine and China Photographer. He also was selected for three editions of Brooks Jensen’s book series, “Seeing in Sixes,” as well as the upcoming book “Looking at Images." Al has been featured in several gallery exhibitions and is represented and on permanent display at The Gallery at Somes Sound, on Mount Desert Island in Maine.
Al’s images begin with a photograph, but often evolve into complex multimedia artifacts, involving careful digital manipulation, including texturing and layering, as well as use of exotic papers, paints, metals, and coatings such as waxes, resins, glazes and varnishes. Al also employs printing techniques that include polymer photogravure engravings.
Al’s imagery attempts to convey the world as he experiences it. Images often convey peacefulness, serenity, simplicity and quiet beauty.
Al recently acted on his love of teaching, starting a series of week-long photographic workshops in Acadia National Park in Maine. His goal is to assist other image makers in discovering their own voice and their expression of the natural world; ”A New Way of Seeing the Landscape."