Meet Vinzon

There is a subtle grace and gesture to be found in nature, if one will only pause long enough to see it. It is within that pause, that Vinzon Lee focuses his camera, takes aim and lends eye into the heart and harmony of nature. Vinzon Roxas Lee's fascination with photography began with the gift of a Brownie camera at the age of 14.

Born and raised in Manila, Philippines, he immigrated to the United States, settling in New York in 1972. After graduating from the New York Institute of Photography, Lee embarked on a varied and successful career in commercial photography until 1997, In his free time he pursued his love of outdoor photography and working in his own darkroom, exploring the development process from start to finish.

Inspired by the ever changing diversity and beautiful countryside of the Pocono's, Lee moved his family there from New York in 1979. Since then, he has traveled extensively throughout the USA. Shooting on site, and developing the prints in his studio. Pursuit of his vision has led him to travel the world. However, finding the harmony he seeks is closer to home. Lee's black and white photographs remove extraneous color, exposing the clarity of underlying relationships. Complementary contrast of relationships, texture, space, rhythm and shapes play against each other, creating a delicate tension within these often serene landscapes. As such, they subtly request the viewer to pause; to see and experience a small moment of beauty.

Karen Poel