Serge van Neck (sergevanneckphoto)

One World. Many Lenses.℠

I believe that the earth is a single homeland for all of humanity, and that the diversity of the human race is a cause for celebration, not conflict. That diversity is not only expressed in different nationalities, ethnicities, cultures and languages, but also in different world views and perspectives. Everyone perceives the world through their own “lens”. In the same way, the photographer captures not what is objectively there, but rather what the camera lens perceives. Digital editing—or as the case may be, a specific film stock—can further lend a specific mood or character to the image, reflecting the photographer’s personal impression of the scene. As Ansel Adams said, “You don’t take a photograph, you make it.”