Als die Menschheit noch eine Seele und einen Körper hatte und unter der Ägide dieser Dualität lebte, war die Liebe Erlösung und das Verlangen Sünde. Der unreine Trieb wurde in das Ideal verpackt und die Befriedigung eben jenes Triebes hinter Schleiern aus Gefühl und Zärtlichkeit verborgen. Mit diesem leider auch heute noch weit verbreiteten, altmodischen und ziemlich verlogenen Theater hat der Photograph Scott D. Shimp radikal gebrochen. In seinen lustbetonten und lebensbejahenden Bildern ist der Körper nicht mehr unrein, sondern ästhetische Liturgie und das Geschlechtliche ist nicht materiell oder niedrig, sondern natürlich. Scott D. Shimp führt den Betrachter an die Quelle seiner eigenen Existenz als erotisch denkende und handelnde Persönlichkeit und führt alle pseudo-moralischen Ausreden ad absurdum.

Scott is a native of Harrisburg. He became interested or maybe curious about photography at a very early age, do to his father’s influence or was it his father’s Polaroid? There was just something magical about those images that didn’t have to go to the drugstore or the camera store to be developed... How can that be? Is it magic? It was this interest along with the mechanical aspect of the cameras themselves that led to the curiosity that led to photography.
There are many elements that can be found in Scott’s imagery; fantasy, beauty, sensuality, mild erotica. These elements can be combined or left to stand on their own. Whatever the desired results. There is color, sometimes bold, sometimes muted, there is black & white, there is altered, colored, tinted manipulated, or pure. What is evident in his work is curiosity, exploration and most of all passion. The figure is very influential in this work, but not exclusive. There can also be everday objects, scenic vistas, flora. Whatever caught the fancy that day.
Scott uses a variety of camera’s; from Polaroid’s, to high tech auto-everything marvels, and low tech plastic. There are many different techniques used; some to manipulate and alter some to bring out the marvelous descriptive qualities of the medium. Again this work is about passion, curiosity and exploration. There is natural daylight, artificial studio light, ambient light or any combination available. Most recently there is the digital image and the wonders of the computer.
This work has been called provocative, others have called it degrading. It has been collected and sometimes protested. The work is personal, not meant to offend, just an offering to be viewed.

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