David Rivas

Photographer-

I use the basic tools of photography in my art. I use an optical lens and light sensitive film to capture and record a world that I imagine. A world of wonder and mystery where the observer makes my art by interpreting a personal meaning for the images presented to them.  My photographs are most successful when they not only show beauty but also evoke a feeling of looking at a world not normally seen.  

A chromogenic print (from the Greek meaning color-forming) refers to a broad range of color processes. The print is made from a color transparency (a slide) or a color negative. The print contains three emulsion layers, each sensitized to one primary color: blue, yellow, and red. Each layer remembers a different color of the original image. Chromogenic prints are made using traditional darkroom techniques.

The subjects for his photographs are captured on film with the lens of his Nikon camera. They are enlarged from the negatives using traditional darkroom techniques making chromogenic or Type-C prints.

The resulting prints are anything but traditional. The bold and colorful abstract images allow the viewer to engage with the art on their own terms, bringing their own personal experience to it and suggesting their own interpretation.

Metal Sculptor-

My sculptures are made of high grade aircraft titanium. For the most part they are made from titanium flash remaining from the forging process. Flash is the excess metal removed from the edge of forged parts and can be seen as the outline of the part.