John W. Snell

I acquired my first 35mm camera in 1980, at the age of 32, and my view of the world has not been the same since! I love capturing nature and landscapes on film, but it has taken a long time to learn to "see" photographically… to extract some order from all the chaos in the world around me. I spend lots of time in places like the Smokies or, closer to home, Red River Gorge. Finding subjects and/or views which are fresh and which evoke thoughtful nods of appreciation from myself or other viewers is a challenge indeed.

Oftentimes, I merely capture the routine… the typical. Sometimes I see nothing that merits lifting the camera to my eye. But every time out gives a promise that by being there, something new, something enlightening, something to be savored in my mind and on film might just happen… and I don't want to miss it!