PAUL STAPP

Photography has been my passion since the age of ten. Part of the early attraction was the cool hardware, but visits to the public library introduced me to the photography of Edward Weston and Harry Callahan, two photographers I still admire. For years I've been seeking out and photographing the things overlooked by most people to create complex compositions of unassuming subjects... My early interests led me to the Rhode Island School of Design (BFA Photography, 1979). My artistic sensibility has always been greatly influenced by painting and architecture, so eventually I went back to study more rigorously at the University of Chicago (MA Art History, 1990). Insights gained there have added conceptual depth and direction to subsequent projects.

Primary location: St. Paul United States