Joe Quinn
Joe Quinn, Underwater Photographer
Joe Quinn is a professional photographer and writer who specializes in underwater, nature, documentary and fine art imagery. His work has been widely published in magazines, books and on the web. In addition, his works have been exhibited in the United States, Singapore, and Bangkok.
Joe is also a member of the Ocean Artists Society, a unique alliance of the world's top marine life artists, sculptors, painters, photographers and film-makers whose goal it is to foster an interest in the ocean, arts, and marine life issues.
Originally from New York City, Joe now works and lives along the South Carolina coast.
The Exhibit
As light travels down through the ocean medium, color is quickly absorbed and dissipates, revealing the oceans natural state of form and movement. In black and white these elements come more sharply into focus. The many nuances so often camouflaged by artificial light meant to produce brilliant color, now catch the eye's attention. The swaying of soft corals, the suspension of a jelly, and the glittering of scales among a school of fish expose the invisible movement of water and light.
Predators hunt against an infinite liquid background.Their design allows them to slice through a dense yet invisible medium, while their prey draws scatterred patterns on a deep gray canvas.
In many ways black and white more perfectly captures the ocean environment, and emphasizes details otherwise lost when presented in full color. The observer see's current and surge as wind, and light becomes not just present, but becomes an active ingredient in a dynamic environment.
