Phillip Butah – The Selection Process

Part of being a photographer seems to me to be about choices, making decisions on which is the final image to make the grade, the only problem I have is that I feel so passionate about the work I create I find the process of choosing just one image to represent each client quite difficult, I am very interested in what my client thinks, their opinion matters too.  Perhaps it is maturity as a professional photographer that will bring me to the confidence stage to choose just one image, I feel I want to show all my selected images of Phillip, his face I find fascinating, his artistic skill I find inspiring and a little daunting to show him my art (if my photography can be called that) to Phillip and to people that know him, am I doing justice to this fine man, this artist I look up to?  I like to think that I will never rest on my own laurels I will always look to those other artists around me and celebrate them more than I do myself.  I know I still have much to learn, life is never ending pathway of creation, footsteps towards constant renewal of ourselves and the things we do. I think this is right and proper to feel this way because if I beleived I had ‘made it’ I would be blinded by ignorance. I hope you enjoy this selection of images of the wonderful artist Phillip Butah, you have not yet seen any images taken by my partner Darren, it will be interesting to see how he interpretes him. Have a look at Phillip’s website and see for yourself just how amazingly talented he is and why I question photography v true art. http://phillipbutah.com/

The final quest is to choose one image to print of this man, that may take a little longer……………